Censorship Fight At Newspaper In China Grows -- Voice of America
BEIJING — Journalists and editors at an influential and often outspoken newspaper in China have gone on strike in protest of government censorship. The dispute involves a local propaganda official who allegedly called for changes to the publication's annual New Year’s editorial to its readers. The standoff at the Southern Weekly newspaper is growing from an internal dispute into a national debate about government oversight of the media.
The influential newspaper has long been known for its outspokenness and independent-minded efforts to cover the news in a country where information is a tightly controlled commodity.
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More News On Chinese Protests Against Censorship
China Censorship Protests Widen -- Wall Street Journal
In China, furor over censorship is spreading -- Washington Post
Supporters Back Strike at Newspaper in China -- New York Times
Chinese journalists in rare protest against censorship -- CNN
Chinese protest outside newspaper gates in rare censorship demo -- NBC
A Rare Free-Speech Fight Erupts Over China Censors -- Bloomberg Businessweek
China anti-censorship protest attracts support across country -- The Guardian
China newspaper journalists in rare strike -- BBC
China censorship row escalates to rare street protest -- RT
My Comment: This protest will be crushed .... but it is a trend of what is going to happen if the Chinese government does not loosen it's control of the mass media. In short .... controlling the message of the press is no longer a guarantee that dissent and opposition can be stifled, there are just too many alternative sources of news and opinion that the Chinese can now access.
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