Looks like the Clinton memoir was somehow purged of “offensive” material before its publication in China:
Nearly everything Mrs. Clinton had to say about China, including descriptions of her own visits here, former President Bill Clinton’s meetings with Chinese leaders and her criticisms of Communist Party social controls and human rights policies, has been shortened or selectively excerpted to remove commentary deemed offensive by Beijing.
Link via Publishers’ Lunch.
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