China shuts down popular financial news site
News portal closed for 'rectification'
11 June 2019 - 10:34
Shanghai — A popular Chinese financial news site, wallstreetcn.com, says it has been shut down to undergo “rectification” amid a wider crackdown by the Chinese authorities on websites and news providers.
The move comes just days after Beijing blocked a new batch of foreign news websites, including the Washington Post and Britain’s Guardian newspaper, according to those outlets...
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