Posted on 03/31/2003 5:23:17 AM PST by jedi150
Three US mags face ban over illegal entry
CHINA'S publishing authority has warned that the Chinese-language version of Newsweek, Forbes and Harvard Business Review could be banned for illegal entry.
Earlier reports from Hong Kong and Taiwan newspapers said the three elite American magazines had acquired permission from Beijing to enter the Chinese mainland market in the form of monthly periodicals.
But the State Press and Publication Administration (SPPA) denied that it had given approval to any of the three American magazines.
An official said the three American magazines had not submitted any application for approval so far, so their appearance on the mainland market is illegal.
“We have not approved any of these three American periodicals for publication in the Chinese mainland on their own or through copyright co-operation with a domestic publishing house,'' said Wang Huapeng, director of SPPA's Foreign Exchange and Co-operation Department. – China Daily
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