Wang Junxiu Explained

Wang Junxiu (王俊秀) is a Chinese internet entrepreneur^[1] and opponent of internet censorship.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] He is credited with helping establish some of China's first blogs^[5] and helped cofound "China’s most popular blog-hosting website", Bokee.com, where he is chief executive officer.^[6]

Wang opposed China's Green Dam proposal for all computers in the country to be equipped with internet filtering software.^[7] In July 2010 his blog and those of other "public opinion leader" were removed from Sohu.com, one of China's most popular web portals.^[8] Wang's story was featured in Philip P. Pan's book Out of Mao's Shadow^[9] He and Tieng Biao discussed the citizen rights movement in China since 2003 and how it "has opened a new direction in the democracy movement" at 2009 seminar.^[10]

Notes and References

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Tania Branigan China cracks down on 'vulgar' online searches; Google told to regulate content or face penalties; Censorship linked to year of sensitive anniversaries The Guardian 6 January 2009
http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browsePages.do?issue=5112&size=2&pageLabel=180 Berkshire Encyclopedia of China
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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/07/20097122213224669.html China postpones web filter plan
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