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The 1930s Equivalent of an Internet Block by the Chinese Government

Posted: October 12th, 2015 | No Comments »

The 1930s equivalent of an internet block – in 1930 the Shanghai Evening Post (founded, published and initially edited by Carl Crow) annoyed the KMT Nationalist government censors in some way (a fairly common event) – hence it lost its mailing privileges and so could not be sent in the Chinese mail. The ban appears to have lasted some months…..

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