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The Chinese government has long-kept tight reins on both traditional and new-media in order to avoid potential subversion of its authority. Its approaches frequently involve rigorous media controls shuttering websites or publications using observation techniques and firewalls, and jailing activists, bloggers, and dissident journalists. The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s awarding of the 2010 Peace Prize to jailed Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo, as well as Google’s fight together with the Chinese government over Internet censorship , have also raised worldwide interest to censorship issues. At the exact same time, the country’s robust economy relies on the internet for growth, and specialists say the regime’s control is being tested by the expanding dependence on Internet freedom.

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