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South China Morning Post was taken over by Jack Ma, billionaire card carrying member of the Chinese Communist Party, five years ago. Since then it toes the line

South China Morning Post was taken over by Jack Ma, billionaire card carrying member of the Chinese Communist Party, five years ago. Since then it toes the line of the Beijing regime.

FooBarWidget 6y ago
So toe the party line so much, that they're still publishing Beijing-critical articles, like this one: https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3091580/how-national-security-law-strikes-heart-hong-kongs-judicial https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3091580/how-nat... Sounds to me like they're not doing a very good job at toeing the party line.
- easytiger 6y ago
  Do you genuinely not understand how someone might buy an unsympathetic publication to leverage its user trust to your own advantage? It is not new, nor China specific. You have 5 other comments here asserting the same thing.
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propertymagnate 6y ago
The parent seems to be correct, the wikipedia page mentions a jornalist being fired for "incorrectly" quoting Jack Ma in relation to the pro-democracy protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post#Editorial_stance_and_staff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post#Edito...
DonaldFisk 6y ago
Yet it published these articles, which do not show the PRC in a good light: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3011892/generation-amnesia-why-chinas-youth-dont-talk-about-tiananmen https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3011892/gen... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159258/un-cites-reports-china-holding-1-million-uygurs-secret https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/21... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2043149/fresh-calls-investigation-beijings-questionable-detentions https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2043149...

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South China Morning Post was taken over by Jack Ma, billionaire card carrying member of the Chinese Communist Party, five years ago. Since then it toes the line

by MagnumOpus 6y ago

South China Morning Post was taken over by Jack Ma, billionaire card carrying member of the Chinese Communist Party, five years ago. Since then it toes the line of the Beijing regime.

FooBarWidget 6y ago
So toe the party line so much, that they're still publishing Beijing-critical articles, like this one: https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3091580/how-national-security-law-strikes-heart-hong-kongs-judicial https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3091580/how-nat... Sounds to me like they're not doing a very good job at toeing the party line.
- easytiger 6y ago
  Do you genuinely not understand how someone might buy an unsympathetic publication to leverage its user trust to your own advantage? It is not new, nor China specific. You have 5 other comments here asserting the same thing.
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propertymagnate 6y ago
The parent seems to be correct, the wikipedia page mentions a jornalist being fired for "incorrectly" quoting Jack Ma in relation to the pro-democracy protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post#Editorial_stance_and_staff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post#Edito...
DonaldFisk 6y ago
Yet it published these articles, which do not show the PRC in a good light: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3011892/generation-amnesia-why-chinas-youth-dont-talk-about-tiananmen https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3011892/gen... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2159258/un-cites-reports-china-holding-1-million-uygurs-secret https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/21... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2043149/fresh-calls-investigation-beijings-questionable-detentions https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2043149...