Clear and Present Danger

Not since the 1971 leak of the Pentagon Papers by US military analyst Daniel Ellsberg have free press and national security been on such a collision course.

“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”

George Orwell’s warnings about government manipulation of language presaged many of China’s authoritarian practices. JMSC 7 October 2013

News from HKU’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre

Articles on events and happenings, plus the latest journalism news, from Hong Kong’s leading journalism school.