media - Three ways to get into trouble

Oops, I did not realize that the first pieces would hit cyberspace right away. Lianne Li identifies three major ways for Chinese journalists to get into trouble: routine arrests, oppositional voices and corruption.
"Journalism in China is never considered, as in some western countries, to be the independent fourth power of the state," she writes, "and to serve the citizen's interest. State and party has to come first. Although it's true that journalists are given the right of reporting freely, political matters are required to be reported under the rules of the party; the disclosure of any unchecked information is bordering on leaking state secrets."
While she seems to agree quietly with the first two reasons to curtain the Chinese media, she opposes it when corruption is a driving force. She adds: "If no prevention is taken, there will be no chance for those righteous voices to be heard, no matter how loud are the promises for freedom of expression. The reason why these righteous voices are so vulnerable is that they have little legal protection. China's media legislation is far from being mature; the lack of protection for journalists working to expose corruption places them in a precarious position between right and wrong. The tragedy of Jiang Weiping is not merely his own, but belongs to an entire generation of journalists."