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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-31-05 10:01 PM
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Professor reportedly fired for calling for freer press in China
A journalism professor at China's most prominent university was reportedly fired after he called for the abolition of the Communist Party's propaganda department in an article that circulated on the Internet.

Jiao Guobiao said Peking University forced him to stop teaching in September because of the article, then fired him as he prepared to go to the US for a six-month research trip, US-based broadcaster Radio Free Asia reported.

Jiao's article called for the party propaganda unit to be abolished, saying it was impeding China's development. The government controls all media in China, and the party propaganda unit often tells outlets how to report major stories.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/03/31/2003248498
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-31-05 10:13 PM
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1. Well if he really wants a free press,
he shouldn't bother coming here, either.
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