This week, we're joined by writer, editor, and host of the Sinobabble podcast, Edi Obiakpani-Reid, to discuss the current worker's protests in China, How social media operates in the country, and how protestors are managing to use it to protest. We also touch on the extent of the state's surveillance.

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Further reading:

Current protests - how protesters are using social media

Sitong bridge incident 

Incident in Xinjiang that is widely considered to have started the protests

Timeline till late Nov

The difficulties of a political awakening among Chinese people online

Gov backlash

About (social) media in China

The basics on the platforms used

BATs

Cyberspace administration of China

Cybersecurity law

How cyber censorship works 

Lack of anonymity

Government ownership of tech companies

Xinjiang surveillance 

People do use social media to protest 

Li wenliang

Chained up woman

#Metoo

Online vigilantes

Edi's Newsletters

China’s global media influence

China’s view on large corporations

Recent Xinjiang developments 

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