"Mainland authorities have reshuffled top editors at two outspoken national newspapers in what appears to be another sign of tightening media controls, " according to the South China Morning Post. "Li Xueqian , editor-in-chief and president of the China Youth Daily (controlled by the Communist Party Youth League, the power base of President Hu Jintao) stepped down earlier this month. He has been replaced by Li Erliang , former editor-in-chief of Market Newspaper, a staid publication controlled by the People's Daily. The China Youth Daily has been very aggressive in exposing official corruption. Last week, the authorities ordered the Xin Zhou Bao, a hard-hitting, seven-week-old news weekly off the newsstands for three weeks and replaced its president and editor-in-chief. President Feng Xiaoping and editor-in-chief Zhao Shilong resigned in succession, leaving the way for senior reporter Yang Haipeng to take over as editor-in-chief, sources close to the newspaper said yesterday. Sources said they did not know which specific report had offended the authorities and prompted the reshuffle, but the newspaper's outspoken style over several controversial issues had attracted nationwide attention."

Source: South China Morning Post through Asia Media