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If you want to have traction in China, you have to be in China.

One thing is very clear from the chatter I see on Chinese blogs, and also from just what people in China tell me, is that Google is much more popular among China's Internet users than the United States.

From Rebecca MacKinnon

The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy?

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The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.

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The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet.

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When controversial speech can be taken offline through pressures on private intermediaries without any kind of due process, that is something we need to be concerned about.

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The sovereigns of the Internet are acting like they have a divine right to govern.

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The better-informed we are, the more we can do to make sure what's happening is in our interests and is accountable to us.

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Almost every week, there are stories in the press or on Chinese social media about what even the official Chinese media call 'hot online topics:' stories about how people in a particular village or town used Weibo to expose malfeasance by local or regional authorities.

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Thanks to the Internet in general and social media in particular, the Chinese people now have a mechanism to hold authorities accountable for wrongdoing - at least sometimes - without any actual political or legal reforms having taken place. Major political power struggles and scandals are no longer kept within elite circles.

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