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The Fall of the Berlin Wall on our Mind…

The Fall of the Berlin some 20 years ago is again on the mind of many. According to the NYTimes, “[t]he historical legacy of 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell and the cold war thawed, is as political as the upheavals of that decisive year.” For... ...full story at Blogging For China

from Blogging For China on Tue, Nov 10 2009

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27 Oct 09 visit Germany and China: Berlin Twitter Wall  »  Global Voices berlintwitterwall is a project organized by the city of Berlin to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of Berlin wall. The wall is now filled up with messages from Chinese twitterers against the Chinese Great Fire Wall which blocks Chinese Internet user...
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25 Oct 09 visit The Great Fire Wall of Berlin  »  Danwei Somebody in Germany has made a website called Berlin Twitter Wall which allows Twitter users to post comments about the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. As you can see from the screen shot above, this last weekend the website has been...
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