Chinese Journalists Beat Censorship With Web 193
chris-chittleborough writes "When Beijing tried to make a journalist's pay at one newspaper depend on official reactions to their stories, a web-savvy reporter was able to create a groundswell of public opinion and reverse the move." From the article: "Just before the meeting, Li had posted a blistering letter on the newspaper's computer system attacking the Communist Party's propaganda czars and a plan by the editor in chief to dock reporters' pay if their stories upset party officials. No one told the editor in chief. For 90 minutes, he ran the meeting, oblivious to the political storm that was brewing. Then Li announced what he had done."
Let's get it out of the way. (Score:5, Funny)
"In Communist China, Web Journalist Censored, Beaten"
(Someone had to say it.)
followup (Score:4, Funny)
In A Related Story (Score:5, Funny)
A cunning plan... (Score:4, Funny)
Well, there's a plan for defeating censorship... it only takes someone outside China with an IM client and a group of people willing to forward the messages.
Especially if the messages end with "... and Kwai Chang Caine, who taught his son wisdom in a Shaolin temple, forgot to forward this message. An evil force destroyed the temple. Father and son each believed the other had perished. Then Kwai Chang Caine found the message in his chat log and forwarded it to all the people on his contact list. Now they are reunited..."
New Policy From The Propaganda Czars (Score:5, Funny)
Do not hire any more journalists with noticeable bulges in their pant crotches caused by a case of having massive balls.
Re:Let's get it out of the way. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Far too short (Score:3, Funny)