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Australian China watcher, Richard Hughes at
play with other foreign correspondents.
If the trend of self-censorship continues at its current
rate, Beijing will not have to lift a finger to crack down on us down
after the takeover: Kin-ming Liu
believes journalists must fight for democracy and freedom of
speech. He was elected in June, 1997, as Vice Chair of the Hong Kong
Journalists Association.
It has to be sinister to make it a story. It all fits very neatly
together. As a journalist, I can entirely understand this. The
trouble is that it does not actually accord with reality.:
Fenby on Feng.
In a wide ranging interview the Editor of the South China Morning
Post discusses the appointment of a member of the Chinese
government as his paper's consultant, reviews the post colonial role
of the English language press in Hong Kong and considers the vexed
question of self censorship.
The feeling of superiority makes up for the low salary: Journalism
students at the annual Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards.
Journalism studies continue to attract bright and idealistic
students, irrespective to the handover to
China. Judges at the annual human rights media awards were impressed
by the student magazine, Varsity, produced at Chinese
University.
It is not the journalists who are self censoring
themselves. These controls come down from the top: Terry
Nealon. Terry Nealon heads the English Language News
and Current Affairs at the government broadcaster, RTHK. He believes
that busnessmen with interests in China will attempt to pressure
journalists so as to avoid upsetting Beijing.
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