China: editor fired for advocating reform

Posted by Bertrand Pecquerie on October 26, 2004 at 5:15 PM

According to UPI, "A liberal magazine editor in southern China has been fired for advocating political reforms, the latest victim of yet another media crackdown. Xiao Weibin, the editor of the government-run but liberal Tong Zhou Gong Jin, was not at liberty to discuss his dismissal, saying only that he was "in a very difficult position," the South China Morning Post reported Tuesday. In August, Xiao published an uncensored interview with former Guangdong Communist Party Secretary Ren Zhongyi, 91, who criticized China's political reforms for being too sluggish compared to economic reforms. He also criticized the government for banning books, shutting down newspapers and censoring the Internet. The article also ran in another periodical, Nanfeng Chuang, but the editor retained his post as he had edited out the most sensitive parts, the report said.

Source: UPI / Washington Times

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