Tim Johnson writes: Less than a month from now, we will find out if China will maintain its attitude of greater openness with the foreign media. My bet is that it won't. At the beginning of the year, China relaxed its rules on the foreign media to fulfill pledges for greater freedoms in the period around the Olympic Games. The measures lapse on Oct. 17. If the old rules come back into play, this is what it means: * Reporters will be required again to seek advance permission from the Foreign Ministry for any trip outside of their base, such as Beijing. * And reporters will no longer be free to interview anyone who agrees to an interview request. Rather, interviews must be vetted by authorities. ...
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