''China Weekly'' (), also known as ''Zhongguo Zhoukan'', is a comprehensive weekly

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published in

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in the

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. ''China Weekly'' was inaugurated by media personnel Zhu Defu (朱德付) on 5 May 2009 in

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, supervised by the

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and sponsored by China Profiles Newspaper Office (中华儿女报刊社).

Controversies

China Weekly Agency Company Limited (中国周刊社有限公司) was sued by Liu Lei (刘磊) for infringement of

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in 2012. Although the ''China Weekly'' paid the author's remuneration, the court held that the scope of Liu Lei's photography authorization to the company was limited to ''China Weekly'' No.11, 2011, and did not include the partner website. The court ruled that the company should bear the

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of making an

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, stopping the infringement and compensating the loss.

References

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