A
censorship fight
between China's communist leaders and a rebellious newspaper in
Guangdong province seems to have ended for now. Staffers at Southern
Weekend, who went on strike when a propaganda official rewrote an
editorial, returned to work and published the paper as scheduled on
Thursday. There was no mention of the clash in its pages.
But what happens next remains unclear. Does the deal struck between
Southern Weekend and government officials, which reportedly gives the
paper greater editorial control, augur a move toward greater press
freedom nationwide, or simply a return to business as usual under
authoritarian rule?
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