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Chinese media in the reform era walk a fine line between commercialized diversification and party-state control. Nowhere have these two trends been in more open conflict than at Southern Weekly (Nanfang Zhoumo), a Guangzhou-based newspaper known for reliably pushing the envelope on media controls. Soon after a new group of political leaders rose to power in early 2013, these tensions boiled over, with censors making draconian cuts to the paper's New Year's edition. Fiery debates raged inside the paper about how to push back against ever-tightening constraints on reporting, while daring public protests outside the paper's headquarters demanded freedom of speech. As the protests came to an end, the party-state's hold on media had only tightened. Silencing Chinese Media, a gripping insider's account of these events, highlights the tensions inherent within the program of "reform and opening" and foreshadows the challenges facing Chinese media and civil society in this new era.
Contents
Introduction: The Rise and Fall of Southern Weekly and the Changing Landscape of Journalism in China: A Pivotal Event
David Bandurski and Fang Kecheng
Preface
Main Characters
1 Born in 1984
2 Winter Comes South
3 Kills, Cuts, Edits, Removals
4 Floodwaters Rising
5 Tuo Zhen Did It (?)
6 Can You Know What You Don't Know?
7 Settling Accounts
8 Struggling Amid the Surging Waters
9 The Banality of Evil
10 The Longest Night
11 Hitting a Wall
12 A Real Social Movement
13 The Beijing News Dilemma
14 Game Over
15 Going Our Separate Ways
16 The Aftermath
About the Author and the Translator
