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July 7, 2009. More Censorship. Played Chess.

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July 8th 2009
I noted a few weeks ago that I signed up for Twitter, Facebook, and a couple of other “social networking” services. For a number of reasons I don’t really care for them, and hardly ever use them. But I did enjoy using Twitter to follow events in Iran after the contested election. In the news the past few days there have been stories of some sort of trouble in Xinjiang. I am unsure if it is ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Shenzhen

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more