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China Co-opts Social Media to Head Off Unrest
22 Feb 2011: Government allows networking sites—if they block or remove controversial material Read more
8 Oct 2010: Liu Xiaobo, a literary critic, writer, and political activist who is serving an 11-year sentence in a Chinese prison, is the recipient of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Read more
10 Jun 2009: On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen killings, social networking sites such as Twitter and the photo-sharing site Flickr were blocked in China in an attempt by the government to prevent online discussion on the subject. Read moreLiu Xiaobo, Imprisoned Chinese Writer, Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Twitterers defy China’s firewall