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Thursday, April 12, 2012

''China Deletes Tweets Amid Crackdown''

From Radio Free Asia


"China has deleted hundreds of thousands of microblog posts in an attempt to stem the tide of online rumor and speculation amid an unfolding political scandal in the southwestern megacity of Chongqing and a security lockdown by armed police following clashes with protesters.

State media said on Thursday that China had closed 42 websites and deleted more than 210,000 posts since mid-March in a crackdown on "dangerous" rumors."

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