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China: Don't be Afraid of the 50 Cents

Monday, August 18th, 2008 @ 05:05 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:: China
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Governance, Internet & Telecoms, Media
Languages:: Chinese
Special:: Olympics

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This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All posts

Yan Yunfei recently faced a lot of internet bullying in his blog when he commented on Olympics. He wasn't sure whether the comments came from the 50 cents gang and urged other bloggers not to be afraid of the government leaded Internet opinion mob, as he believed in the power opinion market.

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