Censorship saga draws public support in China's Guangdong

GUANGZHOU, China - People gaze at flowers and placards bearing slogans calling for press freedom, laid outside the office of the Southern Weekly newspaper in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong Province on Jan. 7, 2013. Dozens of people gathered there to show support for the newspaper after the government reportedly censored one of its editorials, stirring discontent against propaganda.

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