China: Should journalists be tried for bribery?

Posted 26 May 2009 4:42 GMT

Countries	China
Topics	Freedom of Speech, Law, Media & Journalism
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David Bandurski from China Media Project looked into into the trial of Fu Hua, a journalist, who was charged with bribery for accepting 5,000 yuan in exchange for a list of sources for a story about construction problems at an airport in Jilin Province. As David Bandurski pointed out the case has significant implications for press freedom in China.

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