This news reported an event happened in China that a Chinese
newspaper published a plea to ask for releasing one of its journalists who had
been detained by the police for “damage to business reputation”. The news made
a fact claim that the Chinese newspaper the New Express had published a plea in
its front page, and it also indicates a policy claim that the journalist should
be released. The reason is that he was detained without clear legal basis. It provided
the background information as context that the journalist was detained because
of his reports about a part state-owned construction equipment company, and the
reports were “false, groundless and misleading” according to the company, and
as a result, that journalist was held by police. For the New Express, they
believed it is unfair. In their understanding, if they reported something
wrong, they can apologise and make corrections, or even shut down. But their
journalists cannot be detained without legal basis. As a result, many people,
including some lawyers, some media professionals, and also some users of weibo (China’s
version of twitter) commented to support the New Express. A common view is that
supporting New Express is a way to safeguard the rights of its journalists and
the censorship should be clear.
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