Eluding the Cat: Yunnan Government Asks Netizens to Help Investigate Detainee Death (Updated)

In a sign that Chinese officials are growing increasingly wise to the power of public opinion online, the Yunnan provincial publicity department has invited netizens to join an investigation into the death of Li Qiaoming.  The Chinese cybersphere has been abuzz about Li, whom police claim died in a g ...
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2 Responses to Eluding the Cat: Yunnan Government Asks Netizens to Help Investigate Detainee Death (Updated)

  1. Rebecca MacKinnon says:
    February 23, 2009 at 10:36 PM

    Please note that the post from “corner attorney” was copied from Oiwan Lam at Global Voices. Original is here: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/21/china-eluding-the-cat-investigation-netizens-power-or-government-pr/

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  2. Xiao Qiang says:
    February 24, 2009 at 12:34 AM

    Thanks for pointing out the mistake. It is corrected now.

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