According to a story in the WSJ by Geoffrey A. Fowler and Juying Qin:
"In a rare show of resistance for China's state-controlled media, many editors of the daily newspaper Beijing News refused to work Thursday after authorities sacked its top editor for leading coverage criticizing the government."
From what we know, these are heroes. And heroes are so often sparks:
China's active community of bloggers was quick to report and denounce Mr. Yang's departure. One Beijing News editor wrote on his Web log, "There is no way to retreat. The butcher has lifted a knife … so let's just die in a beautiful way." That posting was later taken down by its host Sina.com, but other bloggers continued to re-post the comments by displaying a graphic image of the original posting.
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by D. Weinberger at December 30, 2005 10:34 AM