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Coup Rumors Spark Internet Crackdown in China

March 31, 2012 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Secretive Leadership Changes Bring Huge Scandal

Dictatorship Nervous and Scrambling After Leadership Crisis Following Murder Leads to Internet Crackdown in China

China cracks down on Internet after coup rumours

AFP – China has shut down websites, made a string of arrests and punished two popular microblogs after rumours of a coup linked to a major scandal that brought down a top politician. Authorities closed 16 websites for spreading rumours of “military vehicles entering Beijing and something wrong going on. | Democracy, elections, ballots and voting

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