The feature is unfortunately not that new. Reporters who belong to more powerfull publications get routinely beaten up when they show up, because local authorities fear they might be the subject of a fine piece of muckraking.
ESWN translates a first hand account of such a beating at the collapsed Fenghuang bridge that killed over 60 people.
At 11:30am on August 16, a People's Daily reporter together with a China Youth Daily reporter, a Southern Metropolis Daily reporter, an Economic Observer reporter and an Observe Orient Weekly reporter went to the Baiqing Hostel where the families of the victims of the Fenghuang bridge collapse were placed.
The family of Chen Jiaxiang from Lianyuan had five dead men, and the women and elders were crying with sorrow.
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