The mass media are still tightly controlled in the PRC, but firms from outside the mainland are using every artifice at their disposal to get involved in this sector, and many top media professionals in Hong Kong and Taiwan have been lured to high-paying jobs on the mainland. They have to keep a low profile, however, because of the legal environment.
儘管媒體還是大陸管制最嚴的獨佔事業，但是眾多外資無不使出渾身解數，迂迴介入。技術上，許多港台文化企業的高級主管、專業編輯人員也被以「挖角」的高價碼請進，然礙於規定，只能以低姿態出現。