TWENTY-THREE MOSTLY "FORMERS" SPEAK UP FOR MEDIA FREEDOM IN CHINA

TWENTY-THREE 

MOSTLY "FORMERS" 

("PARTY ELDERS") 

DEMAND 

FREEDOM OF SPEECH 

IN CHINA; 

CRITICIZE PROPAGANDA ORGANS 

LI CHANGCHUN 

POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBER 

responsible for the media, and overseer of the Propaganda Department, described by the letter of the twenty-three as "invisible black hands," censoring even Premier Wen Jiabao.