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Chinese reporter: why I quit being a journalist

This too is a thread from Xici, and in it a reporter talks about the various things that he/she has seen or done in a ten year career as a journalist in China. 说不清我为什么要告别记者生涯,尽管在几年前我已厌倦了这份工作,但真正咬牙下定决心离开,还是年初的事。我揣着记者证,我的社会身份是“记者”,可是这些年来我何尝有机会做过真正的记者?两千多年前太史公秉笔直书不讳君恶,我们今天都做不到。不能真实地记录,不能自由地表达,我还算什么记者?无非是为稻粱谋而已!这样的“记者”生涯,为什么不向它说再见? [rough trans: I left this work … Continue reading

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