(2003-09-24) -- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this afternoon blocked Simon & Shuster's recall of the Chinese version of Hillary Clinton's memoir 'Living History'. The publisher attempted the recall after learning that passages critical of the Chinese government had been deleted.

A three-judge panel said some readers in China would be "disenfranchised from reading the official Chinese version" if the recall went forward.

The court also noted that since China's Yilin Press bought the rights to publish the book in China, there is "no controlling legal authority" to prevent publication and distribution.