{"id":5819,"date":"2006-01-05T08:51:10","date_gmt":"2006-01-05T15:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/01\/05\/spill-shows-how-china-tries-to-hold-back-rivers-of-change-james-rose\/"},"modified":"2006-01-05T08:51:10","modified_gmt":"2006-01-05T15:51:10","slug":"spill-shows-how-china-tries-to-hold-back-rivers-of-change-james-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/01\/spill-shows-how-china-tries-to-hold-back-rivers-of-change-james-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Spill shows how China tries to hold back rivers of change – James Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nFrom The Age:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \nThere are many problems in China: social and environmental, political and economic. But behind them is the lack of media freedom.<\/p>\n As such, the crisis surrounding the Songhua River spill symbolises the country’s wider woes. A poisoned river can spoil many lives. So, too, a poisoned media.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Technorati Tags: China<\/a>, press freedom<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From The Age: There are many problems in China: social and environmental, political and economic. But behind them is the lack of media freedom. As such, the crisis surrounding the Songhua River spill symbolises the country’s wider woes. A poisoned river can spoil many lives. So, too, a poisoned media. Technorati Tags: China, press freedom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,100],"tags":[5963,273,2378],"class_list":["post-5819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-revolution","category-politics","tag-harbin-water-crisis","tag-press-freedom","tag-transparency","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n