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    The 'Great Firewall': China censors videos, social media posts of Hong Kong protests

    by Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times Jun 19, 2019 3 minutes

    BEIJING - As Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam offered her latest apology Tuesday over her bungled attempt to push through a controversial extradition law, activists in mainland China busily posted video of the statement - again and again and again.

    Each time, though, Chinese censors swiftly took the images down.

    Censorship has long been a fact of life in China, where comments conveying dissent, activism or criticism of authorities are removed posthaste from the internet and where access to many Western

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