Party Line (eBook)

Doug Young is an associate professor in the Journalism Department at China's Fudan University in Shanghai. He has worked in the media for nearly two decades, half of that in China, where he witnessed the massive changes that have taken place in the country since the earliest days of the reform era in the 1980s. Most recently, he worked for Reuters from 2000 to 2010 covering the China story out of the agency's Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei bureaus. Prior to relocating to China, he worked as a journalist in Los Angeles. A native of Washington, DC, he received his bachelor's degree in geology from Yale University and a master's degree in Asian studies from Columbia University. In addition to his current roles as teacher and author, he is a closely followed commentator on the latest Chinese business news and industry trends on his blog, www.youngchinabiz.com.

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 The Agenda: Telling the Party's Story 1

Chapter 2 Spreading the Word: The Machinery 25

Chapter 3 Ultranetworked: Caught Up in Connections 45

Chapter 4 Reporters: The Party's Eyes and Ears 63

Chapter 5 Korea and Tibet: China Finds its Voice 81

Chapter 6 Cultural Revolution: The Ultimate Media Movement
97

Chapter 7 A Nixon Visit, the Death of Mao, and the Road to
Reform: A Softer Approach 113

Chapter 8 The Tiananmen Square Divide: The Media Gains, Then
Loses, its Voice 131

Chapter 9 Falun Gong: Guerilla Coverage Returns 155

Chapter 10 A Bombing in Belgrade and Anti-Japanese Marches: The
Nationalism Card 171

Chapter 11 SARS: Don't Spoil Our Party 189

Chapter 12 The Beijing Olympics and Sichuan Earthquake: Rallying
Points 205

Chapter 13 Google in China: Editorializing 225

Afterword 241

About the Author 245

Index 247

The Party Line won Best Book on the Media Industry in Asia - Gold award at the The Asian Publishing Awards 2013 (July 2013)