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> Bloomberg published a story on the Xi family wealth in 2012 and were banned for it. ... > Except apparently Winkler, "founding editor in chief" didn't know
by vonmoltke 7y ago
> Bloomberg published a story on the Xi family wealth in 2012 and were banned for it.
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> Except apparently Winkler, "founding editor in chief" didn't know that bloomberg news was already banned in China and had been for a year and for already publishing this story!?
No, the Bloomberg News websites were blocked. Bloomberg News reporters were not thrown out, Bloomberg Terminal sales were not terminated. Blocking the websites is a far cry from "kick[ing] us out of the country".
- LatteLazy 7y ago>After the first investigative project ran in 2012, the Chinese authorities had searched Bloomberg's news bureaus, delayed visas for reporters and ordered state-owned companies not to sign new leases for Bloomberg's primary product: its terminals. That would make some sense, though it seems like they were pretty damn close. So why not mention the 2012 article and set all this in its context? The story here is "Once bitten twice shy", so why mash it up so badly I can't tell if they've been bitten already or they're hesitating after the bite. And why open it all with quotes like "I was not a human being"? It's like the intro to a story about sexism has been pasted in instead of the intro to the story about CCP censorship then someone hit publish without proofing it.