article_snippet: Documentary journalist Chai Jing has quickly gone viral since Documentary online release Saturday, clocking millions of views on various video sites and stirring ferocious debates across Chinese cyberspace.
article_snippet: Chai, 39, was already a household name before last weekend thanks to Chai career at China Central Television, the state-run national broadcaster.
article_snippet: As a long-time CCTV anchor and investigative reporter, Chai stood out from Chai peers by covering sensitive topics -- ranging from the environment to homosexuality -- in a country where many journalists at state media stay away from such potential landmines.
article_snippet: Chai choice of stories and style of reporting -- calm but tenacious -- have earned Chai legions of fans nationwide -- with some nicknaming Chai "the Goddess" for Chai elegance and intelligence on air.
article_snippet: Plenty of detractors, however, consider Chai a leading elitist voice for the country's liberal intellectuals.
article_snippet: After writing a best-selling autobiography chronicling Chai time at CCTV, Chai quit Chai job last year to take care of Chai daughter, who had been born with a tumor.
article_snippet: In countless reposts of the video links, people praise Chai for Chai courage to address the sensitive topic head on and spread the knowledge to the masses.