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Xinhua, the Voice of Insurgence?

Outside China, the state-run Xinhua news agency is often cast as the wooden mouthpiece of the state, seen by a Western audience to do little more than parrot the official line. But in fits and starts, something new might be stirring at Xinhua,... ...full story at China Journal

from China Journal on Fri, Oct 30 2009

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