China eases state secrets control

Posted on September 12, 2005 8:48 AM | | Comments (0)

from BBC News
China will no longer treat death tolls in natural disasters as a state secret, the Xinhua news agency reports.

The move is a bid to make government more transparent, a spokesman for the official body for state secrets said.

The declassification of such figures would help disaster prevention and relief work, he added.

Death tolls from natural disasters have been closely guarded secrets in China for decades. Unauthorised attempts to obtain figures have led to jail terms.

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