Li Datong
Li Datong ( Chinese 李 大同 , Pinyin Lǐ Dàtóng ; * 1952 in Sichuan ) is one of the most famous journalists in China .
Life
Li was born in Sichuan and raised in Beijing , but spent ten years as a shepherd in Inner Mongolia during the Cultural Revolution . After his return to the capital in 1979 he worked for the Chinese youth magazine ( Chinese 中国 青年 报 , Pinyin Zhōngguó Qīngnián Bào ) of the Communist Youth League , the second largest official party newspaper. During the student revolt in 1989, he collected signatures against the propaganda authorities, whereupon he was banned from working for five years and demoted to clerk.
In 1995, when the newspaper was reorganized, Li, a Communist Party member, was appointed editor-in-chief of the new weekly Bingdian ( 冰点 - "freezing point"), which soon became the newspaper's most successful section. In 2005 his book The Story of Freezing Point ( 冰点 故事 , Bīngdiǎn Gùshi ) was published. On January 24, 2006, the insert was dropped for no reason, and Li Datong wrote an open letter to the party's Discipline Inspection Commission.
Li Datong now lives in Beijing and writes for the website openDemocracy , among other things . In September 2007, during Angela Merkel's visit to China , he met the Chancellor to talk to other journalists about the situation in the Chinese press.
Web links
- Die Zeit - article dated February 16, 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ Li Datong's open letter
- ↑ Li Datong for opendemocracy.net: China's media change: talking with Angela Merkel
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Li Datong |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sichuan |