1.0China Media Projecthttps://chinamediaproject.orgDavid Bandurskihttps://chinamediaproject.org/author/david-bandurski/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KBgtENRIXx"><a href="https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/11/15/remembering-zuo-fang/">Remembering Zuo Fang</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/11/15/remembering-zuo-fang/embed/#?secret=KBgtENRIXx" width="600" height="338" title="“Remembering Zuo Fang” — China Media Project" data-secret="KBgtENRIXx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://chinamediaproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CMP-headlines-ZUO-FANG.jpg1200792Zuo Fang, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 86, was one of China's most influential press figures of the reform era. His reflections on his country and its media sector seven years ago while in Hong Kong to promote the publication of his book "How Steel is Not Made" are keenly relevant today.