China’s Media Change: Talking With Angela Merkel – Li Datong (李大同)

From openDemocracy:

One day towards the end of August, I received a surprise call from the German embassy in Beijing telling me that Chancellor Angela Merkel would be visiting China, and that one item on her agenda would be a meeting with people who worked in the Chinese news media. The chancellor wanted to find out about the current state of – and recent changes in – Chinese journalism. “Would you be interested in attending the meeting?”, asked the embassy official. “Of course”, I replied. After all, who would turn down such an opportunity? [Full Text]

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