I Am a Moderate Adviser – China News

blogs.wsj.com — Zhang Hong, co-author of a bold joint editorial on China’s household registration system that was published by 13 Chinese newspapers last week, released a letter explaining the context and his thinking behind the publication of the piece, which precipitated his removal as deputy editor-in-chief of the Economic Observer Online. The Wall Street Journal has translated the letter in its entirety below.

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