Last week’s protest has sparked a swift crackdown online, with all footage, pictures and key words such as “Haidian”, “Beijing protester” and “Sitong bridge” scrubbed from Chinese social media platforms. Even more vaguely-linked words like “hero” and “bridge” returned restricted results.
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