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China: Beijing can't find itself on Google News

They haven't been call the SchizOlympics for nothing (that piece is serious though, and worth a second read), and now Google News is behaving oddly; read all about it at Danwei: “The absence of China from news searches does not appear to be a... ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Fri, Aug 22 2008

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