GAPP Shuts Down More Newspapers

The General Administration of Press and Publication has shut down at least three newspapers so far this year, according to an April 13 Xinhua report (English/Chinese):

• China Art Circle, in Baoding, Hebei province;
• China News, in Jianhu, Jiangsu province; and
• China Business, in Heilongjiang province.

Chinese authorities banned 79 newspapers and periodicals in 2005.