Editor of groundbreaking Chinese magazine Caijing quits

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Updated November 11, 2009 21:03:57

China's international reputation for media freedom sank further this week, after Hu Shuli resigned as editor from the groundbreaking magazine Caijing, which she founded 11 years ago. Caijing won a strong domestic and international readership, after breaking the news of the official cover-up of the 2003 SARS outbreak. It also angered Chinese leaders for reporting on the shoddy construction of schools which collapsed in last year's earthquake.

Management had been trying to silence Hu Shuli's reporters for their coverage of July's riots in Xinjiang, and now Ms Hu's had enough and quit.

Presenter: Matt Conway
Speakers: Russell Moses, Beijing-based China analyst; Chris Walker, Director of Studies, Freedom House pro-democracy think tank, United States

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