The show is known for its investigative journalism, exploring various news stories, issues, and scandals with the aim of revealing social problems and inadequacies in state policies.
[18] She was chief editor of Insight (看见; Kànjiàn) of CCTV, an investigative, in-depth weekly program that interviews people in the news, hosted by notable journalist Chai Jing, which has had a considerable impact on public discourse in China, with its ability to shape opinions and spark discussions on a broad range of topics.
From current affairs and social issues to human-interest stories, the show provides viewers with a fresh perspective and a deeper understanding of the world around them, which earned the 2013 Student's Favorite Humanities TV Program award.
[9] The latest documentary she directed is Stranger - talking to Jihadists [zh],[14] which is a first-person account of the famous Chinese investigative journalist, Chai Jing, who, as a stranger to Europe and trained journalist, talks with dozens of jihadists, mentor-recruiters, radicalized young people, family members of victims, academics, and right-wing political parties after her family's own experience of the terrorist attacks in Europe in an attempt to understand the underlying psychological, political, and religious reasons for the successive, inhumane terrorist attacks and to reveal how people become fanatical and alienated and ultimately become the "Strangers (Ghuraba in Arabic)" that the ideology of Jihadism demands and defines them to be.
[31] According to WikiLeaks, Ming Fan was detained in October 2008 after directing a documentary that exposed the corruption and deep-rooted historical reasons behind the collapse of shoddy school buildings that led to the deaths of more than 5,000 students in the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, as well as problems with the Sichuan provincial government's response to the post-disaster rehabilitation and accountability.