9 January 2016
Episode 176
30 minutes
How do you run a serious newspaper in China? Jonathan Fenby, former editor of the ‘South China Morning Post’, joins the programme to recount his experiences operating an ambitious news organisation in an often oppressive environment. Then, crossing to our Hong Kong bureau, the co-director of the ‘Hong Kong Free Press’ tells us how local media is reacting to a string of disappearances in the city's publishing community.
9 January 2016
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