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CBC/Radio-Canada asks China to unblock websites

Ottawa – April 4, 2008 – Today, CBC/Radio-Canada's President and CEO, Hubert T. Lacroix, sent a letter to the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Canada, asking that CBC.ca and Radio-Canada.ca be accessible in China.

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