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Thursday, June 17, 2004 |
GUANGZHOU CUTS EDITORS' SENTENCES AMID PUBLIC ANGER [RFA]
HONG KONG—Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have slashed the prison sentences handed down to the former editors of a cutting-edge newspaper, apparently responding to widespread anger at official bids to curb the press, RFA's Mandarin and Cantonese services reports. The Guangzhou Intermediate People's court cut the sentence of Yu Huafeng, former general manager of the Southern Metropolitan Daily, from 12 years to eight years on appeal. [more]
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China's Car Boom (NPR). "China has become the third-largest automotive market in the world, behind only the United States and Japan. Car sales have risen so quickly that the government is trying to slow purchases by making it harder to get an auto loan.... [China Digital News]
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