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Yang Jisheng Lashes Out at Censors

In April, liberal Beijing magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu’s chief editor Yang Jisheng was reportedly visited by retired officials from Xinhua and the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection. After negotiating with Yang, a former Xinhua journalist and author of “Tombstone,” a candid book on the highly sensitive Great Leap Forward based on records from his years with the state news agency, it was agreed that he would resign from