By John Hancock, in Beijing Special to The Wild East Democracy and free expression are thriving in China — in cyberspace. While Big Brother asserted himself in 2009, this did not prevent foreign ideas from invading his Internet space and there has been a renaissance in self-expression, comparable to the
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Beyonce in Beijing: Shut up and dance?
While China changes so fast the facts blur, one habit that remains is audiences sitting politely in their seats during rock concerts as if they were listening to political speeches at the National People’s Congress.
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