Li Datong

Li Datong (李 大同Chinese, Pinyin lǐ Datong, born 1952 in Sichuan ) is one of the most famous journalists in China.

Li was born in Sichuan and grew up in Beijing but spent during the Cultural Revolution ten years as a shepherd in Inner Mongolia. After his return to the capital in 1979, he worked at the China Youth magazine (Chinese中国 青年 报, Pinyin Zhōngguó qingnian BAO ) of the Communist Youth League, the second largest party's official newspaper. The student revolt in 1989 he collected signatures against the propaganda agency, whereupon he received a prohibition for five years and was demoted to clerk.

1995 Li, member of the Communist Party, the restructuring of the newspaper to the editor of the new weekly supplement Bingdian (冰点, freezing '), which soon became the most successful part of the newspaper, was appointed. 2005 published his book The Story of Freezing Point (冰点 故事, Bīngdiǎn Gushi ). On 24 January 2006, the supplement was discontinued, without notice, after which Li Datong wrote an open letter to the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the party.

Li Datong now lives in Beijing and writes for opendemocracy.net, in September 2007, he met with the China visit of Angela Merkel, together with the Chancellor to speak with other journalists about the situation of the Chinese press.

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