China detains man in online 'rumour' crackdown
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2014 - A Chinese man apologised on state television Tuesday after being detained for "publishing false stories" on an overseas news portal alleging gross rights abuses, the latest step in a wide-ranging crackdown on "Internet rumours". Xiang Nanfu, 62, had posted untrue stories on the Chinese-language site Boxun since 2009 that "seriously harmed the image of the state" and "had a very bad impact", ... more
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