FGV 2026.2Questão 37de 60NEWS EXTORTION IS PREVALENT IN CHINA 1. In May 2026 Chinese authorities revealed that three men in Zhejiang, an eastern
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NEWS EXTORTION IS PREVALENT IN CHINA
- In May 2026 Chinese authorities revealed that three men in Zhejiang, an eastern province, had been sentenced for a curious crime known as "news extortion." They had dug up [descoberto] (or in many cases made up [inventado]) dirt [informações difamatórias] on over 180 companies that were preparing to go public [abrir o capital] and then demanded hush money [suborno para comprar o silêncio] to not publish it on social media. What was most concerning [preocupante], said prosecutors, was that some companies did not report the extortion to the police, even though the information that the men threatened to publish was not true. Instead, they just paid up to avoid disruptions to the listing process. One firm sent 50,000 yuan (US$7,000) to make the problem go away; another, 30,000 yuan.
- In some cases, depending on when the hush money was paid, the damaging news items never even appeared; in other cases, they were in fact published on social media only to vanish shortly thereafter for no apparent reason.
- Meanwhile, the government has been blaming rogue [desonestos] journalists for the problem of "news extortion." But it is often China's own strict controls over its media that lead to corrupt behavior, writes David Bandurski of China Media Project, a research group, in a recent blog post. The essential job of Chinese state-media journalists is often to create "positive energy" with their stories so as to flatter and praise the government. That encourages unethical practices. And getting rid of unwelcome news reports attracts little scrutiny in China because, thanks to an army of government censors, stories disappear all the time without an explanation.
Adapted from The Economist, June 20th-26th 2026
According to the information in the article, which of the following most likely happened in China?
- Alternativa A: Three high-ranking journalists in China's state-run media organization were convicted of using false news items to extort money from companies.
- Alternativa B: Three Chinese journalists were arrested for publishing negative information about several government-controlled companies.
- Alternativa C, a correta: Some Chinese companies paid extortion money so that information contrary to their interests would not be published.Resposta
- Alternativa D: Although Chinese prosecutors knew about the extortion scheme targeting more than 180 companies, they refused to act.
- Alternativa E: It was discovered that, for many years, journalists in Zhejiang province have been extorting relatively small amounts of money from local companies.
O que a questão pede: o que mais provavelmente aconteceu na China, segundo o artigo.
Etapa 1. O trecho decisivo: os três homens "demanded hush money to not publish it on social media" (exigiam dinheiro pelo silêncio para não publicar as informações nas redes sociais) e "some companies did not report the extortion to the police [...] Instead, they just paid up to avoid disruptions to the listing process. One firm sent 50,000 yuan" (algumas empresas não denunciaram a extorsão à polícia [...] Em vez disso, simplesmente pagaram para evitar problemas na abertura de capital. Uma empresa enviou 50.000 yuans).
Etapa 2. Conclusão: empresas pagaram para que informações contrárias aos seus interesses não fossem publicadas, como diz a alternativa (C).
Por que as outras caem:
- (A) O texto fala em "three men", não em jornalistas de alto escalão da mídia estatal.
- (B) Eles foram condenados por extorsão, não por publicar informações negativas; e as empresas eram as que iam abrir capital, não estatais.
- (D) Os promotores revelaram o caso; o que preocupou foi que as empresas não denunciaram.
- (E) O texto não fala em "many years" nem em quantias pequenas; e os criminosos eram três homens, não jornalistas da província.
Resposta: alternativa C.
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