#OccupyCentral? It seems the U.S. Occupy has been exported to China. The Chinese government reacts by banning Instagram (having already banned Twitter, Facebook, Google, et al.)
StratDem: In the mid- and long-term, the technology of open data and social media is delivering a global political challenge. All governments now face a tech-enabled open gov movement and the protections of digital rights are impossible to ban. The change that comes with a digital, connected world is a #NetReality.
- China’s government has cut off news about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests to the rest of the country, a clampdown so thorough that no image of the rallies has appeared in state-controlled media…
- China has “limited tools” to deal with Hong Kong’s protests
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U.S. “Asia Pivot“
China’s new President, Xi Jinping says he is a man with a dream he calls — “the New China.”
The world will soon see what’s next on his New China agenda — including the future of Hong Kong as a democratic territory…
What will China do about the protests?
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Occupy Central HK
https://twitter.com/hashtag/OccupyCentral?src=hash
Related Tags: #occupycentral livestream, #hongkong, #occupycentral or #hongkong, #occupyhk, #umbrellarevolution
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September 29, 2014 – 9:30 EST US
Seen around the world via Instagram, Twitter, Google News, and myriad connections
South China Morning Post – Social Media Designing for the ‘Umbrella Revolution’
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Test if website is blocked
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One of the kids, Nero Chan, brought a drone (then he uploaded his video to Facebook — now it’s going global — Top Story/Yahoo News)
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Make sure homework is completed !
