li comes from a farming village about two hours drive from guangzhou. he became interested in western-style democracy while attending the university. often he accesses foreign media websites. li took part in protests, hoping for reform of china's media. >> translator: free exchange of opinions doesn't mean bringing down a particular person. i want to make china an equal society where people are free to have diverse opinions. >> reporter: reports say the chinese authorities promise to stop the censorship to rein in the protests. on january 18th, before lunar new year's day, journalists of nanfang zhoumo got together. they looked back on the past year. during those 12 months authorities made sure more than 1,000 articles never made it to print. awards for good reporting were handed out. but on the issues of censorship the highest-ranked editors were silent. now nanfang zhoumo's reporters cannot comment about their job on websites or in public places. >> translator: everybody feels a lot of pressure. it will be settled shortly, but i can't say anything now

li comes from a farming village about two hours from guangzhou. he became interested in western democracy while attending university. often he accesses foreign media websites. li took part in protests, hoping for reform of china's media. >> translator: free exchange of opinions doesn't mean bringing down a particular person. i want to make china an equal society where people are free to have diverse opinions. >> reporter: reports say the chinese authorities promise to stop the censorship to rein in the protests. on january 18th, before lunar new year's day, journalists of nanfang zhoumo got together. they looked back on the past year. during those 12 months, authorities made sure more than a thousand articles never made it to print. awards for good reporting were handed out, but on the issues of censorship, the highest-ranked editors was silent. now nanfang zhoumo's reporters cannot comment about their job on websites going public places. >> translator: everybody feels a lot of pressure. it will be settled shortly but i can't say anything now. >>