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      Proposal to reveal locations exposes patriotic commentators and stokes outrage among users

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      Cheng Lei was arrested in 2020 but diplomats were denied entry to closed-door trial

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      Independent voices struggle to be heard after decade in which government has increased its control

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      References to Taiwan, Hong Kong and other subjects deemed sensitive by Beijing are excised

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      As the global market grows, developers endeavour to make their content appropriate for wildly different cultural contexts

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      Moscow spin-doctors and officials try to frame the war in Russian president’s terms

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