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Southern Weekly Editor Replaced to Calm Dispute

The uncertain resolution of a stand-off between Southern Weekly staff and Guangdong propaganda authorities continues to unfold. At the South China Morning Post, Li Jing and Mimi Lau report the ousting of Southern Weekly editor-in-chief Huang Can, who was behind a deeply contentious message sent from the newspaper’s official Sina Weibo account near the start of the stand-off. The weibo post, which staff described as “completely at odds with the truth”,