More Editorial Intolerance

Further to Austin’s post, the excellent fellows at HK University’s China Media Project have a story that links Nick Young’s case with that of Chinese journalist Zhai Minglei and his own publication, Mingjian. which also focused on the NGO sector in China. It’s another vivid if depressing insight into the deteriorating state of official tolerance for any remotely independent voices, however unthreatening. All this was over the summer, prior to the 17th Party Congress, which is traditionally a time of extremely strict control. The puzzling thing is there doesn’t seem to have been much of a let up in the pressure since then. As I have said before, where is the trumpeted Olympic spring?