China Shuts Down Influential Newspaper

[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Joseph Kahn]
China's Propaganda Department on Tuesday ordered the closing of Bing Dian, an influential weekly newspaper that often tackled touchy political and social subjects, as the authorities stepped up efforts to curb the spread of information and views the Communist Party considers unfavorable.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/international/asia/25china.html?pagewanted=all
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* Leading Publication Shut Down In China
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/24/AR2006012401003.html
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