Comments on: Guangzhou paper confronts authorities over staff arrest http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/new-express-daily-becomes-latest-gz-news-outlet-to-push-the-envelope/ News & views about Guangzhou, Shenzhen & Dongguan Fri, 14 Feb 2014 01:28:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Questions over journalist’s confession and newspaper’s apology | Nanfang Insider http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/new-express-daily-becomes-latest-gz-news-outlet-to-push-the-envelope/#comment-35228 Questions over journalist’s confession and newspaper’s apology | Nanfang Insider Tue, 29 Oct 2013 01:03:51 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=18483#comment-35228 [...] inspiring headlines around the world with its front-page appeal for the release of its reporter Chen Yongzhou, Guangzhou-based New Express Daily has issued an [...] [...] inspiring headlines around the world with its front-page appeal for the release of its reporter Chen Yongzhou, Guangzhou-based New Express Daily has issued an [...]

]]> By: Kevin McGeary http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/new-express-daily-becomes-latest-gz-news-outlet-to-push-the-envelope/#comment-35143 Kevin McGeary Sun, 27 Oct 2013 21:13:01 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=18483#comment-35143 This is the latest: https://twitter.com/GreatFireChina/status/394540546372292608/photo/1 If that link doesn't work for some reason, it says: "China reporter Chen Yongzhou possibly tortured. Evidence provided by no other than CCTV. (Red line on his neck)" I should have time to do a full piece on it Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning Beijing time. This is the latest: https://twitter.com/GreatFireChina/status/394540546372292608/photo/1

If that link doesn’t work for some reason, it says: “China reporter Chen Yongzhou possibly tortured. Evidence provided by no other than CCTV. (Red line on his neck)”

I should have time to do a full piece on it Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning Beijing time.

]]> By: Kevin McGeary http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/new-express-daily-becomes-latest-gz-news-outlet-to-push-the-envelope/#comment-35126 Kevin McGeary Sun, 27 Oct 2013 10:58:52 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=18483#comment-35126 I'm working on it. I’m working on it.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/new-express-daily-becomes-latest-gz-news-outlet-to-push-the-envelope/#comment-35112 Bruce Sun, 27 Oct 2013 03:44:32 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=18483#comment-35112 As of Sunday, Oct 27, the whole incident has taken on a new face, because "New Express" has publicly apologized for printing misleading reports re: Zoomlion. So, a bit of in-depth journalism is called for here. Instead of echoing what the Chinese media is saying, we'd like to know the real story, Mr. McGeary: Is "New Express" sincere in its apology, or has it merely chosen to kowtow to the authorities like the reporter whose confession may well have been, uh, coerced? In particular, what are Chinese journalists saying on their blogs? As of Sunday, Oct 27, the whole incident has taken on a new face, because “New Express” has publicly apologized for printing misleading reports re: Zoomlion.

So, a bit of in-depth journalism is called for here. Instead of echoing what the Chinese media is saying, we’d like to know the real story, Mr. McGeary: Is “New Express” sincere in its apology, or has it merely chosen to kowtow to the authorities like the reporter whose confession may well have been, uh, coerced? In particular, what are Chinese journalists saying on their blogs?

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