to register a top-level Chinese-language domain has to apply to a government bureau and produce a whole series of documents. In reality, this rule has taken away the right of Chinese citizens to set up their own Web sites.""In other words, only companies and government agencies will be able to do so in future. Ordinary citizens will no longer have the right to do so." [--Liu Feiyue]
from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Anger at New Web Rules
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Liu [Xiaobo], who has been held in formal detention for more than a year already, was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment and two years' deprivation of political rights.
"The mistake of authoritarianism is to believe that you can forbid freedom," tweeted online rights activist and Olympic stadium designer Ai Weiwei.
"That's a mistake. As soon as you deny freedom, it takes flight, and comes to settle in every window."
from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Dissident Gets 11 Years
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