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So apparently the controversies in international media this summer over China and the Olympics came as a bit of a shock to the Chinese people. While the government's retained tight control over its own media, it's been less able to harmonize those pesky news outlets abroad. Not one to take perceived insults to its national image lying down, Beijing is now throwing RMB 45 billion into targeting global audiences.

南昌市政府在这里的行为有涉及行政垄断的嫌疑。南昌市文化局198964利用自己在对网吧进行日常管理的行政权力

A：这鸡蛋真难吃。
B：紧急通报：昨日某某都市报刊发社论《鸡蛋真难吃，民主未解决》，违背本部三令五申的纪律，特此通报批评，主管领导要对此作出检讨。

A：这鸡蛋真难吃。
B：某中院对于鸡蛋真难吃受害者的立案回复：因诉讼标的额不符合中院立案标准，正在请示上级法院。

A：这鸡蛋真难吃。
B：中院终于答复：接上级部门指示，关于鸡蛋真难吃的诉讼请求一律不予立案。

A：这鸡蛋真难吃。
B：某鸡蛋大亨挥泪写就万言书，《鸡蛋真难吃的罪罚治》，主题是：外国势力炮制鸡蛋真难吃舆论，虎视眈眈，包藏并购祸心。保护鸡蛋真难吃，就是保护民族品牌。嗯，鸡蛋大亨招致漫天臭鸡蛋袭击。

When you moved into Taiwan's media market, some people saw it as a vote of no confidence against Hong Kong.
You're suggesting it was an insurance policy? That was the intention. I couldn't go to the United States and say: "Can you protect me?" Nobody would care. But I knew Beijing was thinking very much about Taiwan, and that they don't want bad press there. So we built the Taiwan business as leverage. If they do anything to us, our Taiwanese readers will know what happened. And Beijing knows that [should they move against us] we will do everything we can to make them pay on Taiwan.

Some experts argue that China does not intend to Westernize or liberalize, but only to modernize. Do you think people in China understand what democracy is and want it?
Not at this moment. But anyone who would differentiate between Westernization and modernization is just talking rubbish. Take out the western culture and what else is modern? Nothing. The technology is Western, the trendy culture is Western, all this modernization is Westernization. China is prosperous today because it deals and interacts with the West. No, democracy isn't on normal people's radars yet. China will be open to it only when the economic cycle turns down. And when that happens, China will be in chaos.

How so?

In other countries, when there is a recession, you have churches, temples, charities, NGOs, civic organizations, unions and other institutions reaching out to help each other. They are shock absorbers. In China, you don't have any of this. Organizations that are not governmental are not allowed. In China, you have two pillars: the market and the government. If the market fails, the government will be dragged down because there is nothing in the middle.

How so?

In other countries, when there is a recession, you have churches, temples, charities, NGOs, civic organizations, unions and other institutions reaching out to help each other. They are shock absorbers. In China, you don't have any of this. Organizations that are not governmental are not allowed. In China, you have two pillars: the market and the government. If the market fails, the government will be dragged down because there is nothing in the middle.

共产党对于信息和言论的铁腕控制本已逐渐受到挑战，而此次地震造成的死亡人数之多和破坏性之大更是加快了这一变化。

越来越富进取精神的媒体，加上互联网的巨大覆盖范围使这个原本可能只是地方性问题的事件一下子进入了全国人民的视线。过去几天，许多中国网站都刊登了这样一张照片：绵竹市委书记蒋国华面对因校舍倒塌而失去孩子的学生家长突然下跪。这张照片也成为公众展示权力的一个象征。

不过政府依然在严格控制着有些话题的讨论，无人预计政府会允许民众不受限制地随意谈论西藏等敏感话题。然而地震引发的公众反应正令已经发生的一些变化更加不可逆，以致于在许多人看来，很难再走回头路。

明显央视主持人和记者现场报道能力有待提高。目前反应出的问题有主持人不敢根据事实说话，主持人不应该过多评论，而是应该请专家通过新闻现场直播传播一些避震常识。

此消息不亚于美国911。纸媒要比拼图片和排版了；电视要比拼现场记者的镜头语言了；网络媒体要比拼秒传播了，只要消息准确应该第一时间及时发布。

任何一个组织都是人组成的，一定有缺陷。可只有在一种简单的思维方式下，才会把一切问题仅仅分成好坏两种状态，而忽略了纯粹的好和纯粹的坏是不存在的。

把国内媒体和舆论在这次事件之前和这次事件之后对于这个组织的报道做一个对比，也许是有意思的事情：之前，记者无国界每年评的新闻自由度排行虽然不见得全面和完全公平，但基本上在国内的非官方领域还是受到肯定的。毋庸讳言，大陆的新闻制度很糟糕，如果没有外界的批评力量，改革的动力更小。去年十一月，有媒体报道，“记者.无国界”总干事罗伯特•梅纳德（也就是这次被攻击得体无完肤的人）访问中国，进行了建设性的接触，并分析央府正在逐渐接受记者无国界的理念云云。那时候的记者无国界还是以正面形象出现的。但事隔不到半年，双方就大打出手，建设性的意见完全消失。

就我所知，《第一财经日报》还没有做到不要对方出资费，车马费也是笑纳的。或许该集团的杂志可以免俗？不论怎样说，标榜自己独立与做到真正的独立不是一回事。而且就我所知，大部分政经杂志都比报纸更独立，做深度报道的很少有拿车马费的情况。因此拿这个来标榜自己的杂志，以示与众不同，不是不懂行规，就是故作崇高。