The coverage on the democracy wall of Peking University was considered to be an experience of promoting a big-character poster. The news was regarded as an incitement to the colleges and universities to raise different opinions and to verbally attack the people. This coverage was the most extreme case in denying the leadership of the Communist Party. The reporter of the coverage was also misrecognized as a "rightist." This kind of criticism and approach was undoubtedly exaggerated. In any case, the many news reports, which covered big-character posters and the bourgeois democracy symbol "Hyde Park," were the controversy. Excerpted from History of Journalism in China by Hanqi Fang All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
