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A January 24 article in Time<\/a> reports on the retreat of “Zola” or Zhou Shuguang, the 26-year-old celebrity blogger who had set out to shed light on local government corruption throughout China armed with a digital camera, a BlackBerry, and a Gmail account.<\/p>\n

Simon Elegant reports on the blogger’s recent imprisonment, where he was punched in the throat, and his decision to return to his village in Hunan province. <\/p>\n

“I will keep silent now because I want to save my own skin,” Zhou later wrote in his blog. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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