Media
Oct. 4, 2011
In the news we trust: China’s expanding media reach
While Western media is consolidating and imploding, China's media is quickly expanding. By Patrick Mattimore of Tsinghua University
You probably haven't thought much about Peter Zenger lately but he was likely the fellow you first learned about when you studied the law of libel. Zenger was a publisher who criticized the governor of the colony of New York and it was his case that was the genesis of America's free press.
Here in China, the press is hamstrung by the fact that the Chinese Communist Party oversees the media, thereby removing the watchdog'...
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