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Monday, February 25th, 2013

Quotation
The deliberate and coordinated efforts by authorities in countries such as China and Iran illustrate the significance and importance of the role the BBC undertakes to provide impartial and accurate information to audiences around the world.
— BBC global news director Peter Horrocks, responding to the discovery that the BBC World Service shortwave signal is being jammed in China.

# Posted at 4:26 pm Pacific