On The Media’s China blog leaves mainland China on an optimistic note:

“We’ve done about 25 big interviews on this trip and one thing they’ve all had in common is optimism. We’ve waited, day after day after day, for someone to tell us about the bad, the really bad, parts of doing journalism in China. That day never came…

“By all accounts China is more open, and Chinese people more free to express themselves then they were 10 years ago. That’s it. Things are in motion here. There’s a long and unknown road ahead but they are on it and don’t want to pull over for an interview about the past. That would only slow the traffic even more.”