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What's so special about "online democracy"?

The China Media Project translates a Southern Metropolis Daily editorial that wishes to see real, tangible democracy underpinning the flashy "online democracy" represented by Premier Wen Jiabao's online Q&A and the recent Internet investigation of a... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Mon, Mar 02 2009

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