Editor beaten out of revenge

A senior editor of a Hebei province newspaper is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a man seeking revenge for an unfavorable story.

Le Qian, 33, deputy editor-in-chief of Hebei Youth Daily based in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei, is lying in a hospital with her lips torn, face stitched and a fresh memory of the attack.

"This is outrageous," said Zhao Weijiang, another vice-chief editor of the paper.