Silencing Chinese Media

Guan Jun is a former Southern Weekly journalist and author. Kevin Carrico is senior lecturer in Chinese studies at Monash University.

• Introduction: The Rise and Fall of Southern Weekly and the Changing Landscape of Journalism in China: A Pivotal Event David Bandurski and Fang KechengPreface Main Characters1 Born in 1984 2 Winter Comes South 3 Kills, Cuts, Edits, Removals 4 Floodwaters Rising 5 Tuo Zhen Did It (?) 6 Can You Know What You Don’t Know? 7 Settling Accounts 8 Struggling Amid the Surging Waters 9 The Banality of Evil 10 The Longest Night 11 Hitting a Wall 12 A Real Social Movement 13 The Beijing News Dilemma 14 Game Over 15 Going Our Separate Ways 16 The Aftermath About the Author and the Translator

The story of the rise and fall of Southern Weekly is one of the most important cases in the history of modern Chinese journalism. The acts of resistance chronicled in this book were a critical turning point, and since 2013, Chinese media have entered a dark tunnel that seems to have no end. But the sparks of resistance are still smoldering, and they will no doubt spring to life again.