Who’s Afraid of “Waging Nonviolence”?

Posted Tuesday, 17 Feb 2015 by Carsten Wieland

Since at least 2011, the Chinese government has censored numerous websites on the topic of nonviolent resistance, including websites for the Albert Einstein Institution, the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, an online bibliography of scholarship of nonviolent action, and the website for the NAVCO data project, among others.

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A month ago, the Chinese government allegedly blocked Google, along with a variety of search terms such as the phrase “waging nonviolence.” It’s revealing that content related to nonviolent struggle would be so concerning to the Chinese government.

Read more at Political Violence @ a Glance, where the full text was posted 16 January 2015.

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