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Bringing News to Light in China

AFP: ‘Citizen journalism’ battles the Chinese censors. In the strictly controlled media world of China, “citizen journalism” is beating a way through censorship, breaking taboos and offering a pressure valve for social tensions. In one striking example this month, the Internet was largely responsible for breaking open a slave scandal in two Chinese provinces that some local authorities had been complicit in.

1 Comment on “Bringing News to Light in China”

  1. #1 Michael W
    on Jun 27th, 2007 at 2:47 am

    Dan,

    A comment about your blogroll — It seems that some of the blogs on your roll are no longer active or are private and inaccessible to the masses. Thought you might want to update some of these links.

    Regards,
    Michael