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John Berthelsen
Feb 05, 2007
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ATV, a Hong Kong television station with close ties to Beijing, suddenly cancelled Sunday’s airing of Newsline, its tepid English-language political chat show, citing “technical difficulties”. The move quickly raised worries that Chinese political sensibilities were at issue or, more likely, the station’s political timidity.

The cancellation left the mod…

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