China Newspaper Standoff Defused as Employees Return to Work
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A standoff between journalists at a Chinese newspaper and Communist Party propaganda officials that sparked an outcry over censorship this week was defused as staff returned to work, the paper hit the newsstands and police prevented a fourth day of demonstrations.
Today’s edition of the Guangzhou-based Southern Weekly featured a cover story about an orphanage fire and didn’t mention the dispute. After three days of standing by as protesters demonstrated for and against the newspaper, police lining the street outside of the paper’s offices told journalists not to linger.