China Ramps Up Panama Papers Censorship After Leaders' Relatives Named

Websites ordered to purge all reports related to documents.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening session of the Fourth Session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2016
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening session of the Fourth Session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2016
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Chinese censors have stepped up their censorship of websites, ordering all content related to the Panama Papers to be scrubbed as new revelations emerged of how relatives of some of the country’s top leaders had used secretive offshore companies to store their wealth.

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