Chinese Newspaper Calls for Police to Release Reporter

A Chinese newspaper is calling for the release one of its journalists who was arrested after exposing alleged financial wrongdoing at a state-owned company. The New Express tabloid on Wednesday published an impassioned front-page editorial with a bold headline reading, "Please Release Our Man." The journalist, Chen Yongzhou, was arrested Friday on suspicion of "damaging the reputation of a business" after he wrote a series of reports on the finances of the Zoomlion ...

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