Ming Pao printed the report, but in a small item buried deep inside the paper. Ming Pao tackles Hong Kong news with the same deference to authority. As China prepared to select Hong Kong's Post -handover chief executive, Ming Pao gave extended and uncritical coverage to Mr. Tung, long assumed to be Beijing's favorite. One article described Mr. Tung's short-cropped hairstyle, which it said hasn't changed in 30 years. The hairstyle symbolizes his fidelity to his principles, his country, and his wife, the newspaper said.
Patriotic events get prime treatment.
In splashy page-one spreads, Ming Pao cried foul late last summer when Japanese nationalists constructed a lighthouse on the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, over which both China and Japan claim sovereignty. Before the event had become a major issue, Ming Pao sponsored a boat expedition to the islands to test the resolve of the Japanese navy, and then trumpeted its outrage when Japan turned the boat away. The coverage has alienated some of Ming Pao 's top reporters and editors. In recent weeks, three top staffers left the paper, citing disgruntlement with editorial changes. Some Hong Kong media observers also criticize Ming Pao 's changes.