From a series of BBC vignettes with a Chinese dissident, journalist and filmmaker about the impact of the Internet on them:

Li Xinde is a 43 year old journalist. He used to work for a state-controlled newspaper. But thanks to the internet, now he feels like a "real journalist."

He has gone freelance; criss-crossing China by train looking for injustice and digging up scandal.

In China, news organisations like papers and magazine are subject to strict censorship - the media is manipulated by the Party.

What does that mean? It means the media is the Party's mouthpiece. All reports have to comply with the Party line. This is why I quit the job of the official media.

My benchmark is the truth. A journalist once asked me whether I dared to report a case related to a provincial level leader. I said all I care about is if there is evidence. With concrete evidence, I am not afraid to report any case; even if it touches senior officials.