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Icons of WeChat and Weibo app in Beijing

Questions remain about the web crash in China, one of the biggest internet failures ever

Environment

On Tuesday hundreds of millions of people in China trying to visit the country’s most popular websites found themselves redirected to an address of a company based in the US.

Uproar in China over Xinhua’s Twitter Account

Conflict & Justice

China Cracks Down on Social Media Sites Over ‘Rumors’

Global Politics
The World

Beijing slams Google over censorship issue

Conflict & Justice
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