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One SARS Side Effect May Be a More Open China

The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which appears to have originated in southern China, is forcing the government to reconsider and revise its customary policies of secrecy and media censorship. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.

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Rob Gifford
Rob Gifford is the NPR foreign correspondent based in Shanghai.