After an online appeal for help, some netizens responded by driving their own cars to the airport to pick up people.

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The big losers in this fight are obviously the users themselves as well as Tencent, since the majority of Chinese netizens have sided with Qihoo against the company, which was not exactly known for its popularity in the world of Chinese IT.

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He says netizens speculating over the student's identity are being "disrespectful" towards the request for anonymity from the deceased's family.

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