At the end of October, a young journalist in handcuffs, green prison jacket and a freshly shaved head appeared on China Central Television, the state-owned national broadcaster, and confessed to taking bribes in exchange for writing negative articles about a large Chinese company.
Just days earlier, the newspaper that employed Chen Yongzhou, 27, had published front-page headlines calling for his release, while human rights groups had mobilised to defend him. But after his admission on television, the issue quickly died away.
Mr Chen’s is the latest in a series of televised public pre-trial confessions on CCTV in recent months that has included British and US citizens.
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