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On Twitter-like microblogging sites, criticisms spread so quickly that censors could not keep up.
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Images posted on microblogging sites showed wrecked trucks and debris, as well as a collapsed section of highway.
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China, unlike North Korea, has a vast network of "netizens" but they operate on home grown sites like Weibo, the Twitter equivalent microblogging site, and Baidu, a local search engine that is more popular than Google.
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Despite the improvements, reaction on Chinese social-media sites was largely skeptical, with many users of the Twitter-like microblogging service Sina Weibo casting doubt on whether the government was being transparent about the new virus.
WSJ: China Bird Flu Cases Fuel Fears of Epidemic
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Despite the improvements, reaction on Chinese social media sites was largely skeptical, with many users of the Twitter-like microblogging service Sina Weibo casting doubt on whether the government was being transparent about the new virus.
WSJ: China Bird Flu Cases Fuel Fears of Epidemic