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China's Banned Websites to be Allowed in Shanghai

Categories: East Asia, China, Citizen Media, Freedom of Speech

South China Morning Post [1] reported that China will lift a ban on internet access within the Shanghai Free-trade Zone to websites that are currently banned in China, including Facebook, Twitter and The New York Times. In response to the news,Chinese netizens have made sarcastic comments online, although most of the comments were soon censored. Offbeat China has translated [2] some of the comments.