China paper vows to support staff in defamation case – Reuters

From Reuters:

A Chinese financial newspaper has said it will support two of its journalists being sued for defamation over a news report that alleged mistreatment of workers at a China plant manufacturing iPod music players.

The case was brought by manufacturer Foxconn, a Shenzhen-based unit of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (2317.TW: Quote, Profile, Research), against reporter Wang You and editor Weng Bao, of the Shanghai-based daily the China Business News. [Full text]

UPDATE: Wang You and Weng Bao have started their blogs. See this China Daily report. See also “Shenzhen court ruling on Foxconn case “absurd”: experts” from People’s Daily, and “Western Media Begins FoxConn Coverage” from ESWN. Click here to see the report from China Business News (in Chinese)