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The "Lift Lift Girl" of Shanghait

An Internet post about a female protestor in People's Plaza (Shanghai) being carted away by the police drew plenty of netizen interest followed by censorship. ...full story at ESWN

from ESWN on Sun, Oct 18 2009

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22 Oct 07 visit EU to lift Chinese textile quotas by year end  »  People's Daily The Europe Union (EU) will lift the quotas of ten categories of textile imported from China starting Jan. 1, 2008, said the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) Sunday. According to the memorandum signed by the two parties, the EU will lift quota ...
31 Jul 08 visit Olympics: Web censorship remains  »  Guardian Blogs The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has conceded that China will not lift its internet curbs despite its previous promises. Since the Beijing press centre opened last week reporters have been unable to access scores of online pages, including the...
13 Oct 08 visit The Rumor Monger Jia Xiaoyin  »  ESWN A Chinese netizen finds himself in deep trouble over a post that charged that Yang Jia killed six policemen in revenge for a police beating that rendered him impotent. The motive for making the post was to become famous on the Internet. "I love it when...
09 Jul 09 visit China gets big lift  »  Engaging China Otis is helping keep the world's most populous nation on the move -- vertically. The US company has developed a "super double-decker" elevator -- lift to the Brits -- that serve two floors simultaneously using the same hoist-way...
27 Dec 08 visit Building site lift plummets, killing 17  »  Shanghai Daily AT least 17 workers were killed and another was badly injured after a construction lift plummeted to the ground in central China's Hunan Province yesterday. It occurred at about 7:30am at a high-rise real estate...

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