" An interesting point in the censorship debate was the disclosure of the fact that the local censors do what they please.

"You see," remarked a very decent German official connected with the military censorship department, "everyone of these Britishers is different.

By one swift stroke of the military censorship journalism was throttled.

Censorship of printed books had started almost with the beginning of book printing as a private enterprise: to the famous historian, anti-Buddhist and conservative Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-1072), the enemy of Wang An-shih, belongs the sad glory of having developed the first censorship rules.

As weeks of war became months and months became years, the censorship screws were twisted tighter than ever, with the result that docile editors were often at their wits' end to provide even filler.

The weekly enjoyed quite good freedom to express itself without rigorous Portuguese censorship upto the early 50's.