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Xiang Xi, Editor At Chinese Newspaper, Demoted After Obama Interview Over Communist Party Censors' Anger, Source Claims

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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BEIJING (Reuters) -- The top editor of a Chinese newspaper that interviewed U.S. President Barack Obama has been demoted, sources said, in a move they described as fallout from Communist Party censors' anger over its handling of the story.


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BEIJING (Reuters) -- The top editor of a Chinese newspaper that interviewed U.S. President Barack Obama has been demoted, sources said, in a move they described as fallout from Communist Party censors...
BEIJING (Reuters) -- The top editor of a Chinese newspaper that interviewed U.S. President Barack Obama has been demoted, sources said, in a move they described as fallout from Communist Party censors...
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