Chinese Tweeting About Urumqi (Updated with Photos)

While Twitter (and Facebook) are now blocked in China, people there are still finding ways to “jump the wall” and tweet away. Below are some comments sent around on Twitter, translated by CDT (these will be continually updated): * 现场采访记者上午被示威者追打。当地政府提醒，有人敲门一定要看清楚再开，有消息指维族人会入屋行动。另外，要节约用水 ...
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2 Responses to Chinese Tweeting About Urumqi (Updated with Photos)

Therese says:

July 8, 2009 at 1:49 AM

LOLOLOL last i checked, han chinese don’t respect peaceful protests either.

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Interesting tweets from Xinjiang riots | zac writes: says:

November 3, 2009 at 2:28 PM

[...] here are a list of tweets from Urumqi that made it through the Great Firewall of China. They provide a glimpse of not only the stark ethnic divide that exists in Xinjiang, but also the fear and uncertainty of mass civil unrest. [...]

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