After six years, I’ve left @SixthTone. Or conditions were created for me to leave after publishing a project that criticized “zero-COVID,” which landed multiple people in hot water. It’s been bittersweet leaving a place we’ve built over the years but it was time. (A long 🧵) pic.twitter.com/6IRPTwOzXg— Bibek Bhandari (@bibekbhandari) May 10, 2023
From the rest of the thread, it seems like some socially conservatives boomers in charge are extra ban happy with issues regarding covid, women, lgbt, workers etc. It sucks because these are what ST is best at. I was always very impressed with their ability to present stories about China that were neither Western propaganda nor bland govt. congratulatory messages. I can’t think of another Chinese publication that threads that needle.
From the rest of the thread, it seems like some socially conservatives boomers in charge are extra ban happy with issues regarding covid, women, lgbt, workers etc. It sucks because these are what ST is best at. I was always very impressed with their ability to present stories about China that were neither Western propaganda nor bland govt. congratulatory messages. I can’t think of another Chinese publication that threads that needle.