“If the Chinese press were free, the coronavirus might not be a pandemic” argues RSF

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) shows that, without the control and censorship imposed by the authorities, the Chinese media would have informed the public much earlier of the severity of the coronavirus epidemic, sparing thousands of lives and perhaps avoiding the current pandemic.In an analysis published on March 13th, researchers from the University of Southampton suggest that the number of cases o

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