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inaccessible.

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  Interestingly, testers were able to access English language sites for this term significantly 

more often, due in part to a number of sites offering  nine commentaries  on other topics (such as the 

architect Frank Lloyd Wright).  This may also demonstrate lesser concern by China for English language 

material on the Nine Commentaries. 

c. Opposition Political Parties 

Figure 12   Opposition Political Party Google Results 

** We tested multiple translations of this phrase, and used this particular search term because 

Google returned the greatest number of results in response to the query for it as compared to other 

variations. 

Chinese language Web sites pertaining to opposition political parties were inaccessible during in 

state testing with extremely high frequency.  In some cases, such as URLs related to the Chinese Labor 

Party, sites were almost completely filtering during our testing.  We again found moderate to significant 

levels of inaccessibility for English language sites related to opposition parties.

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 See The Epoch Times, Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, Dec. 1, 2004, available at 

http://english.epochtimes.com/news/4 12 1/24696.html. 

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