Bill Schiller
The Toronto Star
September 27, 2009
The Central Propaganda Department’s main tasks are to control information, instruct the masses and mobilize them when necessary — all in the service of the party.
[efoods]BEIJING – When the deputy editor of China’s Nan Guo Morning Post, Liu Yuan, first heard details of the death of a 15-year-old boy at a camp to cure Internet addiction, he knew he had a powerful story – and a public responsibility.
The details were shocking.
The boy had been dropped off at the camp by his parents on Aug. 1 about 2 p.m. and less than 14 hours later he was dead – savagely beaten by camp “trainers.” Locals later learned the camp was an unregistered business that apparently benefited from state money.
Liu dispatched a reporter and the Post broke the story Aug. 4, revealing that 12 people had been arrested and the camp shut down.
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