But rarely, if ever, does the information concern, for example, a secret nuclear weapons program or an espionage operation in Beijing. The passage of laws ensuring a truly free press has lagged behind the country's embrace of democracy. Of course, the government offers a great deal of information to journalists every day. But rarely, if ever, will government officials volunteer information that could potentially incriminate themselves. A lot of damning evidence readily at hand never reaches the light of day.
Nobody knows what's going on.
Everything goes on under ground. Most reporters get official information from the so-called Government Information Office. That information is always good and never critical of the government. So it's not complete. It's never bad news.