Chinese Internet Dissident Jailed

from the crackdown dept

China continues its internet crackdown with a two-pronged strategy. First they shut off access to sites they don’t like, and then, if they find out those sites are created by people in China, they throw them in jail. The latest news is that they’ve thrown someone in jail for seven years after he posted an article online saying China was near economic collapse.


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