If this is a tabloid, as you claim, why hold it to the "high standards" of the "reputable Guardian"?
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And yes, unlike China, in the West there is a freedom of speech, including tabloids, and Western values and civil liberties, and religious liberties...etc.
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An example - in a Western country , the Chinese female chess player would not have had to quit a chess tournament for refusing to cover her head (as requested by the Iranians) - as she did in Iran.