media - Carolyn Liu goes to Aceh


Chinese media are sending their reporters to the Tsunami-hit areas, a first time Chinese reporters will cover a major national disaster as far as I know. My colleague and friend Carolyn Liu, reporter of the Oriental Morning Post from Shanghai is one of them. On the picture she poses with the American reporter Dan Gillmor during a visit a few months ago.
Carolyn is pretty nervous, she just told me over MSN, since this is her first big assigment outside China and she will be going to Aceh in Indonesia, a region with some extra problems in addition to the recent flooding. Rebel fighters and the Indonesian army have had clashes there and the rebels says the Indonesian army is keeping food and water away from possible insurgents.
Locals have been attacking Chinese to get food and water and the Chinese have fled the area, Carolyn told me. An extra reason to be careful, she realizes. When possible she will keep us updated about her trip, but that will also depend on the internet connections, that might not be as good as in China.
She is still looking for support and information: anybody who has friends in Aceh that can help are welcome to send me an email.
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