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/ 11 May 2007

Self-censorship is still part of the job

When Pulitzer Prize-winner Peter Arnett was reporting from the front line of the Vietnam War, the last thing he had to worry about was censorship, but that’s not the case for the Chinese journalism students who are hanging on his every word. As the students to Arnett talk about his experiences as a war correspondent, it is easy to forget that their greatest concern as professional journalists will be ensuring they do not run foul of the communist party that governs their country.