China seeks to eradicate 'vile effect' of independent journalism | World news | The Guardian
After the recent deluge of news stories, China seeks to stop the flood of independent journalism.
"It comes just over five months after Xi made a high-profile tour
of state media outlets in Beijing, demanding “absolute loyalty” from
their journalists and instructing them to serve as 'disseminators of the
Party’s policies and propositions'.
"Qiao Mu, a journalism professor from Beijing’s Foreign Languages
University, said online portals had long been barred from publishing
original news stories about politically sensitives subjects."
Chinese president Xi Jinping meets staff at China Central Television
(CCTV) in Beijing where he told editors they must pledge absolute
loyalty to the party.
Photograph: Ma Zhancheng/AP
