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In China, press censorship protests continue

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GUANGZHOU, China — Like wedding guests separated across the aisle, the protesters assembled on either side of a gated driveway at the headquarters of the embattled Southern Weekly newspaper. To the right, several dozen supporters of the newspaper staff waved banners calling for an end to censorship of the Chinese press.

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“Freedom!” they chanted.

“Democracy!”

“Constitutional rights!”

To the left, beneath fluttering red Chinese flags and hoisted portraits of Mao Zedong, a battalion of mostly older men shouted into a microphone, trying to drown out their ideological rivals.

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“Long live Chairman Mao!” they chanted.

“We love China!”

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