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Wang Keqin and China’s Revolution in Investigative Journalism

The Guardian profiles investigative journalist Wang Keqin, whose recent expose of an immunization scandal cost his editor his job:Wang’s CV echoes the development China’s mainstream media: from life as a propagandist to a role as a watchdog – albeit one on a sturdy chain. He started his career as an official in western Gansu province in the mid-80s – “a very easy shortcut to wea