BEIJING (Reuters) - The closure by Chinese censors of an often outspoken newspaper supplement has provoked unusually vocal protests from journalists and writers, and its editor said an outcry against media controls will grow.
The Communist Party Propaganda Department on Wednesday ordered the indefinite suspension of Freezing Point, a weekly section of the China Youth Daily that published investigative reports on corruption and abuses of official power, and commentaries critical of official thinking.
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