雅思阅读精选：广东官员拙劣的恶意诽谤引发激烈反应_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读精选：广东官员拙劣的恶意诽谤引发激烈反应

　　The original text, Chinas Dream, a Difficult Dream, instead of being censored, can now be found easily on various websites.

　　Talk of protests and resignations began soon after the scandal broke online on Wednesday night.

　　One Sina Weibo user claiming to be an employee of Southern Weekends parent company, Nanfang Media Group, wrote this morning:

　　Rumour has it when Tuo arrived in Guangdong, he called up the heads of each newspaper for one-on-one chats, saying the party has entrusted them to hold the line on permitted speech together, that any lost ground will be lost for good.

　　Then he came out with a series of mortal blows: forbidding Guangdong media from reporting on corruption in other provinces, banning any commentary on negative news in far-off locations, constantly requiring that only the Peoples Daily or Xinhua version of news be allowed to run. Southern Weekend in particular has been ordered to get prior approval for every story from the provincial propaganda department, which wont let each issue go to print until its seen all major reports.

　　Read more about Tuo, who served as vice-president of Xinhua prior to his appointment to Guangdong in May 2012, here.

　　Apple Daily today reports, through an interview with one Beijing-based journalist, that Tuo made his changes after todays issue of Southern Weekend had been signed off by editors who refused to approve Tuos later version, which he then sent on to be printed.