EPISODE · Nov 30, 2022 · 28 MIN
China's journalism crackdown
from The Media Show · host BBC Radio 4
As protests sweep China on a scale not seen for 30 years, the challenge facing journalists is to report the story for the Chinese public to get accurate information. Also in the programme, 25 years of Grand Theft Auto - a great British cultural export, or 'society's dark mirror'?Guests: Yuan Yang, Europe-China correspondent at the Financial Times; Howard Zhang, editor of the BBC's Chinese service; Joseph Menn, technology reporter at The Washington Post; and Chris Warburton, co-presenter of Bugzy Malone’s Grandest Game.Presenter: Katie RazzallProducer: Helen Fitzhenry
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As protests sweep China on a scale not seen for 30 years, the challenge facing journalists is to report the story for the Chinese public to get accurate information. Also in the programme, 25 years of Grand Theft Auto - a great British cultural export, or 'society's dark mirror'?Guests: Yuan Yang, Europe-China correspondent at the Financial Times; Howard Zhang, editor of the BBC's Chinese service; Joseph Menn, technology reporter at The Washington Post; and Chris Warburton, co-presenter of Bugzy Malone’s Grandest Game.Presenter: Katie RazzallProducer: Helen Fitzhenry
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