From China Media Project:
As the Liu Zhihua and Liu Xiaoguang cases bring the perennial issue of corruption to the fore, Chinese media report that discipline inspection officials, China’s corruption watchdogs, have pronounced this week “Informant’s Week” (June 19-23) — five days dedicated to those citizens who inform on cases of abuse of duty. The theme is “Addressing Crimes of Abuse of Duty, Upholding Social Fairness”. So far no coverage has linked “Informants Week” with the above-mentioned cases, but media are revisiting the tough issue of how to protect informants, which goes to the heart how China can place effective checks and balances on its leaders, particularly when the media’s watchdog role, through yulun jiandu, is muzzled (as with the ban on Liu Zhihua reportage and the ill-fated disclosure case in Shanghai). [Full Text]
