A warrant issued to hold an investigative journalist suspected of libel was revoked this week by local police, state media reported Friday, in an unusual win for media freedom in a country where the press is severely limited.
Qiu Ziming, a reporter for the widely read Economic Observer News, had written a series of articles alleging corruption at the Zhejiang Kan Specialty Material Co., the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The company is a manufacturer of industrial-grade paper goods.
News of the detention warrant for Qiu _ issued by officials in Lishui city in the eastern province of Zhejiang _ stirred outrage among thousands of people online, who …
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