Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, December 24, 2003
US cancels Chinese rights to Hillary Clinton Memo
US publisher Simon and Schuster withdraw the Chinese rights to version of Hillary Clinton's memoir "Living History," as the Chinese publisher refused to restore censored passages.
US publisher Simon and Schuster withdraw the Chinese rights to version of Hillary Clinton's memoir "Living History," as the Chinese publisher refused to restore censored passages.
The publisher says a formal letter has been sent to the state-owned Yilin Press last week, "after the Chinese publisher was unable to satisfy US earlier demands in terms of publishing a complete, full and accurate translation of the book."
The move followed three months of negotiations over Yilin's first translation effort which had infuriated Clinton by omitting numerous passages.
The book had become an overnight best-seller in China, but Simon and Schuster, acting for the US senator and former first lady, demanded that a new uncensored version be issued.