Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: China’s ‘Netizens’ Hold Authorities to New Standard

Sunday, 15 November 2009

China’s ‘Netizens’ Hold Authorities to New Standard

China’s ‘Netizens’ Hold Authorities to New Standard

By Keith B. Richburg

(Washington Post, Nov. 9, 2009)

Across the country, online petition drives and surveys have prompted police to reopen closed cases, authorities to cancel unpopular development projects and the party's national leadership to fire corrupt local officials.