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Ai Weiwei: “If Twitter Censors, I’ll Leave” (Updated)

Fearsomely prolific Twitter user Ai Weiwei has written that “if Twitter censors, I’ll stop tweeting”, following news that the microblogging service is to selectively block posts to comply with local laws.推若审查，我即停推。 RT @wenyunchao: @aiww 商人在商言商，道这东东，能像谷歌那样最好，不能也不能强求。 — 艾未未Ai Weiwei (@aiww) January 27, 2012The new policy has been widely read as a concession to allow Twitter to e