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Defying Ban, Chinese Media Covers Rail Crash

from National Public Radio
August 2, 2011

Melissa Block talks with David Bandurski, researcher with Hong Kong University's China Media Project, about Chinese media coverage of the July 23 high-speed rail crash in Wenzhou. Bandurski says both state-run and commercial media covered the crash aggressively for a week, defying a government ban on coverage. A subsequent directive from propaganda authorities largely put an end to that this past weekend.

Broadcast Dates

  • All Things Considered, August 2, 2011
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