Media as a tool

BEN KRITZ

YESTERDAY’S editorial in this paper was a commentary on a rather startling development in China, a government mandate that all journalists there “will be tested on their loyalty to China’s President Xi Jinping.” Beginning next month, according to a report a few days ago in UK’s The Guardian, Chinese journalists will “be required to pass a test grading their understanding of Xi Jinping on Xi Jinping thought, or the socialist teachings espoused by the Chinese leader.”