What Chinese Civil Servants Do in the Offices
Posted on Dec 16, 2008 by Steven Lin | Filed under: Video News, Wild Wild China
Tags: government, journalism
As taxpayers, we’re always wondering what the civil servants do in the offices.
Here’s the answer. In the public service hall of Neihuang county, a journalist from Henan TV Station captured some scenes with a candid camera - The local officials were playing online casino, weaving cotton clothes, and sleeping on the couch:
But Youku’s users have expressed their dissatisfaction with the journalist: “Why did the journalist talk like a policeman?” “How can the reporter be so cocky?” “He will be beaten down by some gangsters tomorrow on his way home.”
In China, journalists from governmental media still consider themselves as “kings without crowns”. This distorted idea makes the most disappointing part of the video news.

