State voices support for media rights after attacks

The mainland's media watchdog has said reporters' rights to 'exercise checks and balances' in public matters must be protected - a stance that analysts say might produce an environment for a freer press, at least for exposing business scandals.

The statement was made in an article published yesterday in the China Press and Publishing Journal, the mouthpiece for the General Administration of Press and Publication (Gapp), and carried on its website.

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