China Youth Daily
China Youth Daily is one of the China's oldest and most progressive newspaper. On 24 May 2004, Zhao Yong, the Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, who is also the direct political authority over the China Youth Daily, announced the new controls he tried to put over this newspaper in a meeting. In respond to this, in July 2004, Lu yuegang wrote an open letter (15000 Chinese words) to challenge Zhao. Through the open letter, Lu criticized Zhao's leadership for intimidating staff and disregarding the paper's tradition of idealism and teamwork. This letter has highlighted how the government manipulates the media in reality and the wrongdoings of the officials.