Chinese Censorship

Party elders attack China censors
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4712134.stm

"A group of former senior Communist party officials in China have launched a scathing attack on the country's handling of the media and information...Among the signatories are an ex-aide to Mao Zedong, a former newspaper editor and a former party propaganda chief...'History demonstrates that only a totalitarian system needs news censorship, out of the delusion that it can keep the public locked in ignorance,' the group said in the letter, according to Reuters news agency."

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