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Charlie Hebdo, China, Press Freedom, and Solidarity

The January 7th attack on the Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo inspired an international wave of support for freedom of speech and of the press. Over the past week, however, China’s state media have repeatedly used the killings to call for limits on it. The Wall Street Journal’s Josh Chin highlighted a commentary by Xinhua’s Paris bureau chief Ying Qiang, for example: “Charlie Hebdo had on multiple occasions been the target of protests and even revenge

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