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China: On parachute reporting for the Olympics

Categories: East Asia, China, Economics & Business, Ideas, Language, Media & Journalism, Olympics

Last week tech blogger Thomas Crampton looked at the issues [1] faced by foreign journalists “parachuting” into the Olympics, such as getting a scoop vs. getting a source in trouble. A post today from Adam at Shanghai Scrap almost makes you wonder if the latter is unavoidable [2].