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Yangtze News Controlled as Rescue Hopes Fade

Following a directive on Tuesday banning Chinese journalists from traveling to the site of Monday night’s Yangtze River cruise ship disaster, Chinese authorities are actively censoring media coverage and online discussions pertaining to the incident. Lily Kuo at Quartz reports: As China races to rescue hundreds of people still trapped inside a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River, authorities are following a familiar playbook of media control and online