> it also limits information and analysis for China’s decision makers In China, the officials read Internal References(, which is not to be mistaken for the Re

> it also limits information and analysis for China’s decision makers In China, the officials read Internal References(, which is not to be mistaken for the Reference News, which is openly published by Xinhua News Agency, and can be browsed at public bulletin for free as it usually publishes translated and selected articles from foreign news agencies to support the propaganda, IMHO). These 'Internal References' provides news from home and abroad for certain officials with respective clearances and the subjects discussed may be sensitive and critical. You can try to imagine a printed version of Bloomberg Service provided by the System. So it may be too naive to get the conclusion that decision makers have insufficient information. 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_News http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_News 2 https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh/参考资料_(出版物) https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh/参考资料_(出版物)