China - Authorities suppress “right to know” about Tianjin explosions

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the controls on information about the situation in the industrial port city of Tianjin that the government has imposed in the wake of last week's tragic events there. The Chinese Communist Party has issued a series of directives to online media and Internet users since the massive chemical explosions in Tianjin on 12 and 15 August. With the support of the propaganda departments of various provinces, the Cyberspace Administration of China (the government (...)

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