Foreign observers are prone to associate the Bing Dian incident with other recent crackdowns on China’s mass media, and to conclude that Chinese journalism freedom is hopeless under the present autocratic regulation. Undeniably, there has been no significant change in the government’s system of journalism’s regulation since China adopted its “open door” policy almost 30 years ago.
外国观察者总喜欢将《冰点》事件与最近对中国大众传媒的其它镇压事件联系起来，并得出结论，说在目前的官僚管制下，中国新闻自由无任何希望可言。不可否认，从 30 年前中国政府开始实施改革开放政策以来，政府对新闻业的管制体系并无任何重大改变。相反，管制系统变得更为严厉，更具隐蔽性。