Human rights group broadcast 'pirate' radio show in Beijing
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A human rights group has broken China's tight control of the media by broadcasting a radio show calling for freedom of expression in Beijing.
At 8.08am local time, the Paris based group Reporters Without Borders began a twenty minute pirate broadcast on Beijing's airwaves.
Using FM transmitters they broadcast a twenty minute show on FM radio denouncing China's censorship and control of the media and free expression.
It's unknown how many people were able to listen to the program.
The press freedom group says it was the first radio station not controlled by the government to broadcast in China since the Communist Party took power in 1949.
