China tightens censorship rules despite pandemic backlash

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Chinese Communist officials have tightened the speech restrictions that govern party members, a repudiation of internal calls for more freedom of speech.

“A member of the party must not publicly express opinions that are inconsistent with decisions made by the central leadership,” the newly-updated party manual says, according to the South China Morning Post’s translation.

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