By Stan Abrams (Guest Post)
Hiding in a nondescript commercial building in the go-go Chaoyang District of Beijing is a 5,000 square meter office that could make Western journalists queasy. The small brass plaque above the door reads simply “Popular News,” which does not prepare the casual visitor for the shocking tableau on the other side of the smoked glass entrance. In the tradition of knock-off Apple Stores, Starbucks, Ikea furniture stores and other famous retailers, Popular News copies the look and feel of a smoke-filled Western newsroom, down to the cheap x86 PCs, broken office chairs, glaring…
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