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Anger at foreign journalists

The fax machine hummed to life, and out popped the kind of “warning” that many foreign correspondents in China are getting these days. It was a tirade specifically against CNN over its coverage of Tibet. But it condemned all foreign... ...full story at Tim Johnson

from Tim Johnson on Wed, Apr 02 2008

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