China Cracks Down on News Media as Party Congress Nears

CHINA CRACKS DOWN ON NEWS MEDIA AS PARTY CONGRESS NEARS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Keith Bradsher]
China’s government said Wednesday that it was cracking down on “false news reports, unauthorized publications and bogus journalists.” Beijing officials periodically try to discourage the country’s news media from being too aggressive. The latest initiative comes two months before a politically delicate occasion: the Chinese Communist Party Congress, held every five years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/world/asia/16china.html
(requires registration)