Shanghai Bans News on a TW Bookstore's Expansion There

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(1) George Chen, Taiwan Bookstore Chain Eslite's Shanghai Plans in Doubt After Censors Order Blackout. South China Morning Post, June 21, 2013.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/a ... after-censors-order

two consecutive paragraphs:

"'The matter about Taiwan Eslite Bookstore [intending] to open a branch in Shanghai should not be reported any more,' said a short message sent by the Shanghai office of the propaganda department to senior editors in charge of the city's major media outlets around lunch time yesterday.


"The message, seen by the South China Morning Post, did not give any reason why news about Eslite's Shanghai bookstore plan was being forbidden.



(2) Alexis Lai and Meng Meng, China Closes Book on Taiwan's Top Bookstore. CNN, June 21, 2013

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/2 ... ookstore/?hpt=hp_t3
("The source, who asked to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the issue, said the message [from the Shanghai Municipal Propaganda Department] was communicated by SMS text message, an unusual medium for propaganda directives to the media, which are typically delivered in writing")

My comment: There is no need to read the rest of the CNN report.