Hard-hitting Caijing editor Luo Changping removed from post: sources
Journalist known for his exposes on corruption was taken off news department and will join magazine's research arm instead
One of the mainland’s most famous journalists, Luo Changping, has been removed from his post as deputy editor of the outspoken current affairs magazine Caijing and was transferred to the publication’s research institute, sources said.
Caijing’s parent company, SEEC Media Group, announced the decision at a meeting yesterday afternoon. “The meeting just announced it as a usual position change and a need of the magazine’s work arrangement,” said one Chinese reporter at the publication, who declined to be named.
“Luo was not at the meeting,” the reporter noted. “A formal written announcement might be released in a few days. Luo will work for the research institute, but [I am] not sure in which position,” said another reporter.
Calls to Luo himself went unanswered.
The institute does not produce news reports, but mainly conducts research, publishes surveys and studies, and organises events for the Beijing-based magazine. Caijing is an influential business and finance magazine, with a circulation of 225,000 per issue, according to its website.