With Corbis Sale, Tiananmen Protest Images Go to Chinese Media Company
Visual China Group’s purchase means the company will control famous images of Marilyn Monroe, Rosa Parks and — troubling to watchdogs — the 1989 crackdown.
Xiao Qiang, the founder of China Digital Times, which tracks Chinese media censorship, said the worry was legitimate. “It should not be treated as a surprise if a Chinese media company’s decisions and actions were aligned with the policies and practices of the Chinese government,” he said.