Freeing China's Sina Weibo

It’s a safe bet that no nation has a more comprehensive and redundant system for filtering and censoring the Internet than China. Officially, it’s called the “Golden Shield Project” and is designed, among other things, to prevent “injury to the interests of the state or society.” Unofficially, it’s known around the world as the Great Firewall of China, and since 2003 it has effectively blocked just about anything the Chinese government deems too controversial. Since its launch,...

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