New Travel Weekly, a Chongqing-based newspaper, has reportedly been closed after it published a lascivious photo-shoot with bikini-clad women set against a background of destroyed buildings and rubble, according to many local websites.
The offending issue – published on 19 May, the first day of China’s
official three-day mourning period for victims of the Sichuan
earthquake – “was allegedly dedicated to the earthquake relief,” Danwei
reports.
However, the photo spread caused widespread offence and the newspaper
was accused of "violating journalistic ethics" in its earthquake
reporting. The president and the chief editor were both fired, and the
newspaper has issued an apology.
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