NYTimes.com: Chinese government defends decision to re-block websites
December 17th, 2008Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Journalism, Press freedom and ethics
Liu Jianchao, a spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, has said that the Chinese government had a right to censor web sites that violated the country’s laws, reports the New York Times.
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