Caijing Magazine

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 3:59pm on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Hu Shuli, Editor of Caijing magazine, resigns after clashing with the magazine's owners over financing and censorship, the Wall Street Journal reported on November 10, 2009:

"Most of Caijing's top editors also resigned.

The resignations follow months of uncertainty about the future of the biweekly magazine, considered by Chinese media observers to be China's most important news publication. Ms. Hu is expected to start a new publication with other former Caijing staff and a new partner.

People familiar with the situation say Ms. Hu was angry at what she saw as the lack of support for the publication from the magazine's owners, including a failure to fund it adequately and to back it in battles with authorities over its coverage of ethnic riots in Xinjiang earlier this year.

"The way the media is set up here, there's basic instability," said Russell Leigh Moses, a Beijing-based political analyst. "Today's star can be tomorrow's martyr."

The full story:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125775561968037983.html

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 12:55pm on Monday, October 19th, 2009

A dispute over the aggressive journalism of Chinese business magazine Caijing is causing chaos, David Barboza of the New York Times reported on October 12, 2009:

"Caijing, a respected Chinese business magazine, has been thrown into turmoil after a dispute over its editorial policy and business governance led to the resignation of 11 high-ranking executives and nearly 70 other workers from the business staff, according to people close to the magazine.

The magazine’s general manager, its top advertising executive and the head of its conference unit are among those who have submitted resignation letters. And Hu Shuli, considered the most powerful business editor in China, may be forced to resign from the magazine, which is based in Beijing.

The dispute threatens to dismantle one of the country’s leading media properties, a thriving magazine published twice a month that specializes in investigating government corruption and corporate fraud. Caijing also has partnerships with The Wall Street Journal and Reuters."

Caijing is owned by the Stock Exchange Executive Council, which is controlled by the government. The magazine has a circulation of about 225,000 copies.

The full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/business/media/13chinamag.html