More than 80 percent of archives in China show official documents to public – Xinhua

From Xinhua:

Nearly 2,500 Chinese archives at and above the county level, or 80 percent of China’s total, have opened once confidential government “red-title” documents for public reference, sources at a national archives directors’ meeting said here Wednesday.

China’s official documents, usually with the title printed in red, were once restricted only to government officials and seen as”mysterious” by common Chinese.