Here is an update on Beijing's plans for the media for the forthcoming Olympics.China’s skyline is as hazy as its politicsLiu Jianchao, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, has denied that we are all to be put on database. Foreign journalists and their doing... ...full story at Richard Spencer
from Richard Spencer on Wed, Nov 14 2007
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