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China: ‘Political accident’ derived from a photo

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 @ 05:11 UTC

by George Sun

Countries:: China
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Politics
Languages:: Chinese

Wang Lili, a 52-year-old journalist working at Tongzhou Times for 4 years, got fired by his company merely because of a picture he shot and published in which the sheriff of Tongzhou is making a work report in People's Congress. According to bloggerQian Liexian[zh], the official statement about Wang's dismissal is: “His photo distorted the spirit of congress and made the speaker acting like pleading guilty, which generated a very bad political effect.” Wang Lili hitherto hasn't found his job.

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