In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria last weekend (video here), Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao spoke extensively of his devotion to political reform, democracy, and freedom of speech. The interview has subsequently been subjected to an official news blackout in China. How are Chinese netizens reacting to such blatant party-on-party censorship? WSJ reports:
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Wen Jiabao's CNN interview harmonized. Hu done it?
Quote of the Day: Wen Jiabao talks democracy
"I believe I and all the Chinese people have such conviction that China will make continuous progress and the people's wishes and need for democracy and freedom are irresistible. I hope you will be able to gradually see the continuous progress of China."
Guy who threw shoe at Wen Jiabao now on trial in U.K.
The protester who threw a shoe at Premier Wen Jiabao at Cambridge University in February is now actually on trial for "using words and behavior likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress" to Wen and others.
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