Report: Fearing spark of unrest, China blocks the word "Egypt" on Twitter-like microblogging service
Not sure how widespread this is, or whether it's still the case, but Al Jazeera is reporting that at least one popular internet service in China now blocks the word "Egypt," for presumably political reasons.
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