MediaWatch - Censorship backfires on Chinese government and Xi Jinping plays with fire

MediaWatch - Censorship backfires on Chinese government and Xi Jinping plays with fire

pWe focus on China this evening, where Chinese state media and social media have undergone a role-reversal: unusually candid coverage of environmental protests in China's national press, but virtual silence online. We examine why, and what these protests are really about. Plus, a corruption scandal of unprecedented proportions - the New Yorker's explainer of Zhou Yongkang's rumoured house arrest underscores the epic gamble Xi Jinping is taking. And PSG fans go nuts online after beating Chelsea.


User: FRANCE 24 English

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Uploaded: 2014-04-03

Duration: 05:27

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