Once closed to the world, China is now in the middle of a media feeding frenzy. From state controlled radio and TV to the western media and Youtube, not forgetting 16 million bloggers (and rising), there's an unprecedented flow of stories pumped out daily. But sometimes it seems that the more we're told, the less we know.
As the world braces itself for the Beijing Games, Radio Eye has assembled its own Olympic team for this week's feature, Reading The News From China. James West is a journalist with Triple J's Hack program. His book Beijing Blur (Penguin Australia) is based on his experiences working for China's state run radio; Stephanie Hemelryk Donald is professor of Chinese media studies at Sydney University and Nicholas Jose is the author of Avenue of Eternal Peace (Wakefield Press with a new Postscript Beijing 2008).
Punctuated with the sounds of China online and the music of punk and post-punk Beijing, Reading the News from China was produced by Steven Tilley and Nick Franklin.
To download audio visit:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/radioeye/stories/2008/2313040.htm
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