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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 game of ‘eluding the cat’ (躲猫猫) with fellow prisoners.  From The Guardian: Chinese offici