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Germany and China: Berlin Twitter Wall

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 @ 03:56 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:: China, Germany
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, History
Languages:: Chinese, English

berlintwitterwall is a project organized by the city of Berlin to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of Berlin wall. The wall is now filled up with messages from Chinese twitterers against the Chinese Great Fire Wall which blocks Chinese Internet user from connecting with the outside world.

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