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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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