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This standoff has emerged as the first major test of new President Xi Jinping's definition of liberal reforms, and China's greatest battle over freedom of the press in at least five years.

A sign of progress is that the first body of this standoff has been tossed out.

The tremors from this standoff have been particularly acute in the city's print and online newsrooms.

The implications of this standoff have a long history: There is a real conflict between the clinical model based on individual transactions and the public health model based on social contract with entire communities.

As the crisis has stalled, the standoff has deteriorated into ever more violent, sometimes deadly confrontations.

The effect of the standoff has been deeply felt in rural states like Nebraska.

Neither side in the standoff has mentioned any progress over the last several days.

Already the standoff has drawn unhappy reaction from some local officials.

A business group has estimated that the standoff has been costing local businesses about $5.4 million a day.

But the standoff has underlined those problems, said Kai-shing Wong, executive director of the Asian Human Rights Commission, which is based here.

But as the standoff has intensified, prominent Democratic politicians have used the fight to highlight labor's cause.