A journalist is such a man that collects and disseminates information about current events, people, trends, and issues. News organizations have the right to know, interview, cover, criticize and monitor events regarding national and public interests. However there are many past incidents in which journalists in China have been attacked because they expose scandals.

 

 

 

 

 

Laws and Regulations

 

? ACJA voices support for media supervision

? GAPP voices support for media supervision

? Law will guard journalists' right to know

 

Past incidents

 

? Reporter 'wanted' after exposing scandal
A Shanghai-based business reporter is wanted by the police in East China's Zhejiang province after he exposed insider trading in a listed firm in the region.

 

? Attack on editor alarms media industry
Police are investigating after an editor with Caijing Magazine was attacked on Friday night by two men with steel bars.

 

? Reporter locked up and beaten by police
Police beat a journalist and detained him for 10 hours for attempting to record a car accident with his camera on Sunday night in Luoyang of central China's Henan Province.

 

? Senior editor beaten out of revenge
A senior editor of a Hebei Province newspaper is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a man seeking revenge for an unfavorable story.

 

Opinion

 

?? Protecting watchdogs