When a big decision is made inside the party, they won't accept the liberal Chinese media or the foreign media releasing the news.

The government doesn't accept that journalists can have scoops.

So many issues have never been reported. It's creating a sort of distortion and I think it is dangerous in the long-term for the Chinese society.

unlike Frank MacKay, I don't divulge or discuss internal party matters with the media.

The decision of the Iraqi Islamic Party does not represent the views of the Sunnis. This is a ploy by the people in power to divide the Sunnis,

Before the hurricane, it would have been one big Mardi Gras-type party this weekend. But it wasn't appropriate to have that when there's people with dire needs and emergencies.