Hu Shuli

"Laughable rumors. I’m not stepping back or stepping down. You could say I’m stepping up."

"We always think there are stories to do and we don’t think, ‘maybe this environment should be better’. We’ve always felt we could do anything we wanted. It was just based on what our priorities are."

"China also has this kind of problem ... China had the ‘women hold up half the sky’ revolutionary slogan — but the actual situation, the actual status of women — I think is a very profound issue."

"Revealing the truth to the public requires layers of checking and multiple source verification. Good journalism can safeguard interests and foster changes of rules."

"The role that we journalists have to play is very large because China does not have elections and there are so many restrictions."

"Reform is an accelerating process, as soon as it starts, it will move faster and faster."