BEIJING, Sept. 5 -- China has launched a nationwide clampdown on satellite networks following a string of [..] broadcasts on state television by the banned Falun Gong spiritual [practice], state media said today.

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Although the report did not mention Falun Gong, the orders come about a week after the [practitioners] [pre-empted] a network in a city near Beijing and aired 70 minutes of programming.

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Falun Gong's U.S.-based information center said in a statement that the group's adherents had [pre-empted] airwaves on Aug. 23 and 27 in the city of Baoding, in Hebei province.

Television station officials and police in Baoding denied the incident had happened.