In this section you will find essays, quotes and an editorial on the theme of "The Olympic Challenge: Free the Press in China!" Newspapers can freely publish the texts, with credit to WAN.
Publication embargo: These materials should not be published before 3 May, World Press Freedom Day.
"China under the
Communist Party has never had a free press - just changes in the degree
of control, with occasional relaxations that can be misinterpreted as
'increased press freedom.'" more
"More subtle
forms of dissent are dealt with no less severely - writers,
journalists, and cyber-dissidents are routinely imprisoned for the most
innocuous of activities, more than anywhere else in the world." more
"The overall trend is for news
reports to have greater freedom, and critical commentary in the media
is becoming more common, more incisive and more courageous."more
"Until recently
we were given only one voice, the official one. Yet the development of
broadcast and online media has fundamentally and irreversibly
transformed the circulation of and access to news."more
"China under the
Communist Party has never had a free press - just changes in the degree
of control, with occasional relaxations that can be misinterpreted as
'increased press freedom.'" 
"More subtle
forms of dissent are dealt with no less severely - writers,
journalists, and cyber-dissidents are routinely imprisoned for the most
innocuous of activities, more than anywhere else in the world." 
"The overall trend is for news
reports to have greater freedom, and critical commentary in the media
is becoming more common, more incisive and more courageous."
"Until recently
we were given only one voice, the official one. Yet the development of
broadcast and online media has fundamentally and irreversibly
transformed the circulation of and access to news."