Web Watch: Editorial by Caixin's Hu Sparks Debate on Graft in Journalism

A recent editorial by Caixin Media Co.'s editor-in-chief, Hu Shuli, on corruption in Chinese journalism has prompted debate on the predicament reporters find themselves in and how journalists should perform their professional duty.

The editorial says that the case of Chen Yongzhou – a reporter at the Guangzhou-based New Express newspaper who admitted taking money to publish falsehoods about Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Development Co. Ltd. – reveals "the unforgivable practice of 'rent-seeking' in Chinese journalism."