BEIJING: A Chinese blogger who made a grovelling apology on state television after being detained for "publishing false stories" has been released from custody, police said Tuesday, citing his "good attitude".
Xiang Nanfu, 62, published stories alleging gross rights abuses on an overseas news portal and was held by police in May as part of a wide-ranging crackdown on "Internet rumours".
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