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free press

Posted by: Tung Chee-hwa ( HONG KONG ) on December 23, 1996 at 01:10:17:

In Reply to: multis posted by Mike Brown on December 15, 1996 at 18:43:31:

> Normally we here in HK do not get much news about the world,
> but the South China morning post did. We here in Hong Kong did
> recently get an up date in the South china Morning Post about the
> Mclibel case. Strange, as the awful rag is owned by Murdoch
> (very silent on issues ie, taking the BBC off the air, should it
> upset the chinese about truefull reporting)

If Mr Brown is of that opinion (free press does not exist in China)
perhaps he should consider moving elsewhere.
The press here, as in the mainland, is totally free!


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McSpotlight replies:

Sorry, are you trying to tell us that main land China has an uncensored
press? It appears rather inconsistant for a country that allegedly
tried to block access to the Amnesty International web site from
within China.



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