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Not so untouchable

I was a bit surprised that the blog Zhongnanhai described the current protests in Myanmar as ‘predictably untouchable’ for the Chinese media.  Yesterday’s Global Times had the story on page three and today’s edition gave the crisis the front page treatment.  An article published today on Xinhuanet quoted the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jiang Yu and her calls for a resolution to the crisis.  The articles all clearly state that the Buddhist monks are the main force behind the protests and Xinhuanet published the following photograph: 

The photograph's caption on Xinhuanet clearly stated that monks and city residents were holding a protest march.

Posted: 7:21 PM, 27/9/2007 in Blogging and the media

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