A MAINLAND journalist who organised a petition in Beijing supporting Chinese sovereignty over Diaoyu Islands plans to extend the campaign to colleagues in other provinces.
'Major news organisations in Beijing are mainly state media. We would like to extend our campaign from Beijing to news organisations in other provinces and cities,' Chen Zongshun , the organiser of the campaign said.
However, he said there was no intention at this stage to spread the campaign to other professions or social sectors.
'Most of the journalists share similar sentiments towards the Diaoyu Islands issue.
'Those who are in their 40s show particularly strong emotions,' Mr Chen, an editor of the Workers' Daily, said.
'The first stage of our campaign early this month has gathered 31 Beijing journalists to sign our public statement,' he said.