For Chinese Journalists, Self-Censorship Ensures the News is Good – AFP

From AFP via the South Asian Women’s Forum:

When Pulitzer prize winner Peter Arnett was reporting from the frontline of the Vietnam war, the last thing he had to worry about was censorship, but that’s not the case for the Chinese journalism students who are hanging on his every word.

As the students at southern China’s Shantou University listen to Arnett talk about his experiences as a war correspondent, it is easy to forget that their greatest concern as professional journalists will be ensuring they do not run foul of the communist party that governs their country. [Full Text]

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