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Posting in China ft. Edi Obiakpani-Reid

This week, we're joined by writer, editor, and host of the Sinobabble podcast, Edi Obiakpani-Reid, to discuss the current worker's protests in China, How social media operates in the country, and how protestors are managing to use it to protest. We also touch on the extent of the state's surveillance.

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Further reading:

Current protests - how protesters are using social media

Sitong bridge incident

Incident in Xinjiang that is widely considered to have started the protests

Timeline till late Nov

The difficulties of a political awakening among Chinese people online

Gov backlash

About (social) media in China

The basics on the platforms used

BATs

Cyberspace administration of China

Cybersecurity law

How cyber censorship works

Lack of anonymity

Government ownership of tech companies

Xinjiang surveillance

https://www.whatsonweibo.com/

People to look into on social media

Li wenliang

Chained up woman

#Metoo

Online vigilantes

https://twitter.com/SpokespersonCHN

https://twitter.com/zlj517

https://twitter.com/chenweihua

Edi's Newsletters

China’s global media influence

China’s view on large corporations, especially those in tech

Recent Xinjiang developments with some propaganda bits

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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).


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