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Chinese activists harness Twitter to campaign in elections, The Telegraph (2011)

The article reports that: "More than 100 'independent' candidates including farmers, factory workers, university professors, students, journalist and writers have announced their intention to stand for election, rattling senior Party officials." The wave of candidacy announcements comes soon after a much talked about incident that saw a laid-off steel worker placed under house arrest after announcing independent candidacy.

The link address is: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8585125/Chinese-activists-harness-Twitter-to-campaign-in-elections.html

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