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EastSouthWestNorth blogger Roland Soong translates an essay written by former Peking university journalism professor Jiao Guobao in commemoration of last week's World Press Freedom Day. Find therein a defence of anti-Communist Party of China reporting and mention of two tools widely used to bypass The Great Firewall of China.
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