EDITORIAL: China cannot keep suppressing calls for freedom of speech
In China, where the Communist Party maintains an outright monopoly of power, a newspaper's recent fight with the authorities over censorship has set off a growing chorus of calls for freedom of speech.
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- Ban on growing human organs in animals to be lifted(6/19)
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SDF joins U.S. Marines in California amphibious assault exercise
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LDP's Takaichi retracts death toll comment after sparking anger in Fukushima(6/19)
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High levels of strontium, tritium found in well water at Fukushima plant(6/19)
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Two Japanese historical items to be listed in UNESCO's Memory of the World(6/19)
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Japan, S. Korea to cozy up at ASEAN meet in Brunei(6/19)
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Cabinet: U.N. recommendation on 'comfort women' has no binding power(6/19)
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Experts: North Korean envoy in Beijing seeking to mend ties(6/19)
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Japanese official calls Seoul 'arrogant' in 1953 official document(6/19)
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Priest uses eraser carving as a path to spread Buddhism(6/19)
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