Weiping Li

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A blogger who concerns about free speech issues and writes on Netizen Report with Rebecca MacKinnon, Mera Szendro Bok and Sarah Myers. She worked as a journalist for Taiwanese newspapers and magazines on financial and legal news for several years.

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3 December 2011

For Chinese Netizens, SOPA is Another Great Firewall

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The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which expected to brought to a vote in U.S. House of Representatives before the end of the year, has spawned sarcastic commentary around the Chinese-language Internet. The Chinese government has long been criticized by Americans for obstructing the free flow of information through a filtering system popularly known as the Great Firewall. Now it is Chinese neitzens' turn to sneer at proposals for a Made-in-America Great Firewall.