media - The banning game in full swing

Now presidents Hu Jintao and George Bush are going to meet next month, the Propaganda Ministry is in full swing and routinely bans Chinese media to write about any subject that could stir up anti-American feelings, writes the (unlinkable) Wall Street Journal.

China is heavily restricting domestic news coverage of Cnooc Ltd.'s failed bid to buy American oil company Unocal Corp., a move apparently aimed at muffling criticism of the U.S. before next month's summit meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Bush.

Guess editors make overtime in reading all the announcements about the bans.