{"id":13077,"date":"2007-06-07T09:55:52","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T16:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/06\/07\/china-newspaper-editors-fired-over-tiananmen-ad-reuters\/"},"modified":"2007-06-07T09:55:52","modified_gmt":"2007-06-07T16:55:52","slug":"china-newspaper-editors-fired-over-tiananmen-ad-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/06\/china-newspaper-editors-fired-over-tiananmen-ad-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"China Newspaper Editors Fired Over Tiananmen Ad &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nAn update on<a href=\"\/2007\/06\/china_newspaper_ad_salutes_tiananmen_mothers_reuters.php\" target=\"_blank\"> the June 4 classified ad <\/a>in a Chengdu paper supporting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fillthesquare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tiananmen Mothers<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nLi Zhaojun, deputy editor-in-chief of the Chengdu Evening News in Sichuan&#8217;s provincial capital Chengdu, and two other members of the tabloid&#8217;s editorial office had been dismissed, the source told Reuters requesting anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper and the Chengdu city government declined to comment. Mr. Li could not be reached.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/529925157_b1587fa9b9.jpg\" height=\"294\" width=\"300\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"529925157 B1587Fa9B9\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>(Photo via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vanvan\/529925157\/\" target=\"_blank\">flickr<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8230;Hong Kong&#8217;s South China Morning Post said on Wednesday a young female clerk allowed the tribute to be published because she had never heard of the crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>She phoned back the person who placed the ad to ask what June 4 meant and he told her it was the date of a mining disaster, the Post said. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20070607.wchinaad0607\/BNStory\/International\/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20070607.wchinaad0607\" target=\"_blank\">[Full text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An update on the June 4 classified ad in a Chengdu paper supporting the Tiananmen Mothers: Li Zhaojun, deputy editor-in-chief of the Chengdu Evening News in Sichuan&#8217;s provincial capital Chengdu, and two other members of the tabloid&#8217;s editorial office had been dismissed, the source told Reuters requesting anonymity. 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