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Independent Candidates Busy Building Up Support
Global Voices looks at how the self-declared independent candidates for local elections in China are using social media to gain supporters:The candidacy wave remains small, but is still a top discussion topic online. More prominent participants in the movement such as media workers Li Chengpeng and Yao ‘Wuyue Sanren’ Bo have become less vocal about their individual campaigns (Yao recently qJuly 17, 2011 7:32 PM



