The Party Line

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