In China, Authorities Hire Writers to ‘channel public opinion’ Online

A recent, extensive interview reveals in depth how the sophisticated operation of deception, or “public opinion channeling” in the words of Party leader Hu Jintao, plays out across the Internet.
In China, Authorities Hire Writers to ‘channel public opinion’ Online
A young man in a cyber cafe in Wuhan, China, on June 11, 2005 sits at work at a computer. The Chinese regime encourages individuals known as patriot hackers to steal information from governments and companies. Cancun Chu/Getty Images
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A young man in a cyber cafe sits at a computer. A recent, extensive interview reveals in depth how the sophisticated operation of deception, or 'public opinion channeling' in the words of Party leader Hu Jintao, plays out across the Internet. (Cancun Chu/Getty Images)
Matthew Robertson
Matthew Robertson
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Matthew Robertson is the former China news editor for The Epoch Times. He was previously a reporter for the newspaper in Washington, D.C. In 2013 he was awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for coverage of the Chinese regime's forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience.