"It's a game of wits and will," Mr. Bandurski said, noting that veteran journalists such as Mr. Wang are adept at finding ways to keep reporting, often by hopping from newspaper to newspaper.

“这是一场智慧和意志的游戏。”班志远说，指出像王先生这样的资深记者很熟悉如何找到途径坚持报道，通常是跳槽到另一家报社。

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Compared with other scandals in the past, "there was more discussion and more speculation, " said David Bandurski, a researcher at Hong Kong University's China Media Project.

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