Chinese authorities forced organizers to cancel an annual blogging conference in Shanghai this weekend, a mover many see as the latest sign of increasing repression of free speech and censorship on the internet.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Chinese Blogger Conference has attracted dozens of prominent online commentators, entrepreneurs, digital artists and others each year since it was started in Shanghai in 2005. Many of the attendees have been critical of government censorship, so the event is considered potentially sensitive.
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