Chinese Newspaper Issues Second Plea for Reporter's Release

A Chinese newspaper has issued its second front page plea in as many days calling for the release of one of its journalists who was arrested for exposing alleged corruption at a state-owned company. Chen Youngzhou is being held on charges of "damaging the reputation of a business" after writing a series of reports in the New Express tabloid claiming the Zoomlion construction company artificially inflated its profits. Zoomlion, which is listed on the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock ...

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