Blog Post #6

Magazine Task


        Getting research material was quite easy for me, as there were plenty of videos surrounding the subject of China & censorship on Youtube, with channels even dedicated to the matter. Here's one of them, for example:  https://www.youtube.com/user/laowhy86

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