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Western News Sites Blocked in China

China’s already restrictive internet censorship tightened further ahead of this week’s 30th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown. The annual constriction took place against the backdrop of similar long-term trends, including the expansion in April of an existing block on Wikipedia’s Chinese-language edition to cover the entire site. Although some measures were relaxed after the sensitive date had passed, others have remained in place, or may