WRITE WEIWEI XU AND TIMOTHY DWYER, ASSOCIATE PROF. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY — The tragic explosion in the Chinese city of Tianjin, which has so far claimed the lives of 114 people including 19 firefighters, triggered a nationwide online conversation in China. The widespread social sharing of video and…
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CHINA: #Blocked
SHUTING LI WRITES – China is globally known for its uber-firewall and the aggressive censorship of social media. Since 2009, following the Urumqi riots, almost all non-Chinese search engines, microblogs and social media sites that people use elsewhere in the world have been gradually blocked in China. That includes services provided…