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Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @07:13PM from the must-want-users-to-make-their-own dept.

itwbennett writes "China is blocking searches on Google and microblogs for Zengcheng, a city in the country's Guangdong province, where protests have erupted against local authorities. The move is part of an effort to suppress information on the rioting."

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They also block (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @07:14PM (#36443798)

Web searches about blocking web searches about protests, as well as protests about blocking web searches about protests. Web searches about protests about blocking web searches about protests are allowed, though.

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Re:Zengcheng (Score:5, Funny)

by drinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes: <drink@hyperlogos.org> on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @07:20PM (#36443854) Homepage Journal

Beautiful Zengcheng. Nothing bad has ever happened here. Much happiness to you.
Man, if I had fifty cents for every time I heard that...

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Re:Zengcheng (Score:4, Funny)

by ThePeices ( 635180 ) writes: on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @07:52PM (#36444158)

...you would have 50 cents.

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