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Coverage of China events will increase

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KEEPING abreast of events on the mainland will require ever-increasing resources and more space in the South China Morning Post, according to the paper's China editor, Willy Wo-Lap Lam.

Lam said Hong Kong was becoming more a part of China each day and the SCMP hoped to reflect this in its news coverage.

Bureaus in Beijing and Shanghai were efficient in reporting the main political, social and financial stories of the day, but the SCMP had not been given permission to open more offices.

An answer, Lam said, would be to strengthen links with media organisations in the Chinese provinces which were beginning to enjoy some autonomy.

The Morning Post Centre in Tai Po would play a crucial role in forging closer ties with the Chinese media.

'We opened our Beijing bureau in 1987 and one in Shanghai earlier this year,' Lam said.

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