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A Media Corruption Case in Shanghai - China Media Project

Summary by China Media Project
In the latest case underscoring the persistent challenge of media corruption in China’s tightly controlled information environment, local district authorities in Shanghai reported this week that they had dismantled a “news extortion” (新闻敲诈) operation using a WeChat public account to blackmail companies for exorbitant “service fees” in order to make negative exposure disappear. The case, authorities said, involved the exploitation of “supervision…
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China Media Project broke the news in on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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