Dow Jones tech reporter Owen Fletcher passes on a cordial invitation from the International Press Center to attend the destruction of “a large number of pirated and illegal publications” in Beijing on Friday:
Dear Journalists,
The National Office of Eliminating Pornography and Illegal Publications Working Committee will publicly destroy a large number of pirated and illegal publications on Friday, April 22, 2011. The main venue of the nationwide activity will be in Beijing. You are cordially invited to cover the event.
Time: 10am, April 22, 2011
Venue: Beijing Warehouse for Confiscated Goods (Beijing Shilong Yunda Storage Co. Ltd, Wangsiying County, Chaoyang District)
See attachment for the road map to the destruction site
Please send your application form to ipc@mfa.gov.cn before 5pm, April 20 and be at the site by 9:30am, April 22.
(via Bill Bishop)