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They Are the Champions

Charles Oliver | 3.1.2005 12:00 AM


China jailed more journalists in 2004 than any other nation, says the Committee to Protect Journalists. It finished ahead of runners-up Cuba, Eritrea, and Burma. But in fairness to those countries, their combined populations wouldn't even equal China's. This marks the sixth straight year China has imprisoned the most journalists.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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