Sunday, March 03, 2013

The rebel Chinese newspaper which dares to challenge the Communist party line...

In this northern Chinese village, there is a tale of two newspapers, an old fashioned media battle.

In the red corner is the Gaoying News, the official organ of the local government, filled with Communist party propaganda.

On the other side is something incredibly rare, considering China's vice-like control over the media: a rebel newspaper.

Operating out of two rooms in a dilapidated pharmaceutical factory, and with a staff of four, the Voice of the People is a muckraking four-page freesheet that challenges everything the Gaoying News writes.

 "We wanted to rebuke the lies of the official newspaper," said He Jianguo, 44, a former pharmaceuticals salesman who has become one of the editors of the Voice of the People. "Because we have a saying here in China: if you repeat a lie 100 times, it becomes the truth." Full story...

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