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Chinese Woman Sentenced to Hard Labor for a Tweet

Chen Jianping retweeted something her fiance said about anti-Japan protests getting violent, and added, "Charge, angry youth!" For this she was sentenced to one year in a labor camp.

Twitter is banned in China, but it's pretty easy for Chen Jianping and others to use blocked sites with simple internet tricks. Her lawyer says she was being "sarcastic." [Mashable, @wangyi09]

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