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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 , the , an online bibliography of scholarship of nonviolent action, and the website for the , among others.

Hong Kong鈥檚 Umbrella Revolution. Photo: [Pasu Au Yeung, via Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/studiokanu/15223465970/in/photolist-gScXao-prY2Z1-pcff4d-ptHiFL-qr3rwp-prGVyf-pcfZXx-pvNNsq-pica3F-ptsHft-iUeuyW-pxyZ3e-qnZLiU-pGeLt3-ptsGF2-b9og3B-bZoez3-b9og3X-pbmoHv-b9ocDR-pxMpnM-pst9Vn-q63tQH-ktSw4C-przyEk-qpCKyU-prGVvQ-pyifAf-pwiEWL-przgUB-9QAtrQ-qqd1c5-pyV255-qr3qnk-picakz-9QAsCA-pidr3U-qrg3M7-pgiCGQ-q8LWmc-pghYwQ-papHc2-axqds9-bZoe3N-ax6uSk-bZoeiE-bZoe9y-bZoepJ-9MVeSt-qr4gAh).

A month ago, the Chinese government allegedly , along with a variety of search terms such as the phrase 鈥�.鈥� It鈥檚 revealing that content related to nonviolent struggle would be so concerning to the Chinese government.

Read more at , where the full text was posted 16 January 2015.

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