How China’s ‘red lines’ are quietly shaping global news reporting

In late 2013, the then-editor in chief of Bloomberg News, Matthew Winkler, spiked an investigation into the hidden wealth of China’s elite. Publishing it, he warned reporters on a call, would “wipe out everything we have tried to build.” More than a decade on, that trade-off, access versus accuracy, has hardened into habit. Reporters have […]

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