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China’s Great Firewall of Censorship Is Already Going Up Around Hong Kong

07.07.20

By David Gilbert
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Inside the Plot to Kill the Open Technology Fund

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By David Gilbert
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Hong Kong Residents Are Erasing Their Own Internet Histories Before China’s Big Crackdown

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By David Gilbert
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Zoom Shut Down a Chinese Dissident’s Account After He Held a Tiananmen Square Memorial

06.11.20

By David Gilbert
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‘Noodles’ and ‘Pandas’: Chinese People Are Using Secret Code to Talk About Coronavirus Online

03.06.20

By David Gilbert
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Here’s How China Is Silencing Coronavirus Critics in the U.S.

02.12.20

By David Gilbert
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You Can Now Go to Jail in China for Criticizing Beijing’s Coronavirus Response

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By David Gilbert
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By Edoardo Liotta
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Leaked Documents Show Google is Making a Censored Search Engine for China

08.01.18

By Daniel Oberhaus
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08.01.16

By Christina Xu
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By VICE Staff
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By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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