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China: Blanket media ban on Xinjiang bomb
China’s Central Propaganda Department has placed a blanket ban on covering the explosion at Xinjiang, Western China, including the state-owned Xinhua News Agency who had allegedly already reported that the explosion was caused by a bomb. The explosion killed seven people in the Uighur Autonomous Region, on August 19. According to the International Journalists’ Federation, […]
27 Aug 10

China’s Central Propaganda Department has placed a blanket ban on covering the explosion at Xinjiang, Western China, including the state-owned Xinhua News Agency who had allegedly already reported that the explosion was caused by a bomb. The explosion killed seven people in the Uighur Autonomous Region, on August 19. According to the International Journalists’ Federation, Chinese authorities are sensitive about reporting in this area as it was home to riots and ethnic tension in 2009.

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