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Originally Posted by LoveYouSaber
The scary thing for me is I actually honestly don't know if I should believe that the 21st Century Business Herald website did go to obtain protection fees. On the one hand, such practices would not be unheard of in China, but on the other hand though, could this be a ploy to damage the reputation of Business Herald so that no one believes in its stories on the negative sides of companies? Added to the fact that the Southern Media Group runs a quite outspoken newspaper in southern China, so I don't know if this is a warning from the Chinese government that the Group would be well advised to keep a lower profile.
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That shows how no one is really innocent there, unfortunately, although I would take side with the newspaper here. Southern Media Group would have been better off letting cats out of the bag as demanded by their job instead of taking the money, which opened the door for the authorities to intervene.