Beijing’s ‘aim is to make people docile’

Bill Schiller
The Toronto Star
September 27, 2009

The Central Propaganda Department’s main tasks are to control information, instruct the masses and mobilize them when necessary — all in the service of the party.

[efoods]BEIJING – When the deputy editor of China’s Nan Guo Morning Post, Liu Yuan, first heard details of the death of a 15-year-old boy at a camp to cure Internet addiction, he knew he had a powerful story – and a public responsibility.

The details were shocking.

The boy had been dropped off at the camp by his parents on Aug. 1 about 2 p.m. and less than 14 hours later he was dead – savagely beaten by camp “trainers.” Locals later learned the camp was an unregistered business that apparently benefited from state money.

Liu dispatched a reporter and the Post broke the story Aug. 4, revealing that 12 people had been arrested and the camp shut down.

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