Why Does China Allow Freer Social Media? Protests versus Surveillance and Propaganda
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- Strömberg, David & Qin, Bei & Wu, Yanhui, 2017. "Why Does China Allow Freer Social Media? Protests versus Surveillance and Propaganda," CEPR Discussion Papers 11778, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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