‘The Dream Is Dead': Why So Many Chinese Journalists Are Quitting

Under the current circumstances, where the government sees maintaining "social stability" as its priority, any negative news is seen as potentially destabilizing. Thus, investigative journalists, whose mission is to uncover the dark side of society, are seen as "dangerous factors". Moreover, investigative journalists frequently find their physical safety threatened. The beating of journalists when reporting is almost an everyday phenomenon. Lamentably, Chinese journalism school has to include self defense as part of the curriculum.

理想已死：为什么众多中国新闻工作者选择结束职业生涯

在当前局势下，政府将维持“社会稳定”放在工作的首位，任何负面的报道都被视为是潜在的不安定因素。因此，那些揭示社会阴暗面的调查型记者就被视作“危险分子”。不仅如此，这些记者的人身安全也时常受到威胁，进行现场报道的记者挨揍可说是家常便饭。令人感叹的是，中国的新闻学院也因此不得不将自卫术纳入课程当中。