Cool Knowledge has a translation of Hu Yong's comment on the Yan Xiaoling Defamation Case in which, the local authorities use criminal defamation charges to punish individuals who posted critical comments against local government. ...full story at Global Voices
from Global Voices on Mon, Jul 20 2009
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