Editor Beaten to Death for Story about Corruption

In China...

Are you suprised? Apparently this idiot talking head was:

Wu's death "is a cruel reminder of the new dangers faced by Chinese journalists," said the executive director of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, Ann Cooper, in a press release.

The new dangers? Since when has the risk of death for speaking out against the wishes of a dictatorship regime been new?