Chinese censorship dispute spreads

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The revolt among Chinese journalists has spread to a second newspaper, reports the Financial Times.

It says the Beijing News refused to obey an order from the propaganda department to publish an editorial that criticised Southern Weekend (aka Southern Weekly) for its staff's strike against censorship.

The Southern Weekend dispute, as the New York Times also reports, has been settled on the understanding that censorship measures would be softened. But public demonstrations outside its Guangzhou offices have continued since.

Both papers tell of a showdown at the Beijing News when its journalists refused to print the anti-Southern Weekly editorial on the front page. Eventually, two-thirds of it was cut and it was buried away at the back of the paper.

Southern Weekly is regarded as China's most liberal paper and is known for its investigative reporting.

<em>Sources:</em> Financial Times/New York Times