Wang Junxiu (王俊秀) is a Chinese internet entrepreneur[1] and opponent of internet censorship.[2][3][4] He is credited with helping establish some of China's first blogs[5] and helped cofound "China’s most popular blog-hosting website", Bokee.com, where he is chief executive officer.[6]

Wang opposed China's Green Dam proposal for all computers in the country to be equipped with internet filtering software.[7] In July 2010 his blog and those of other "public opinion leader" were removed from Sohu.com, one of China's most popular web portals.[8] Wang's story was featured in Philip P. Pan's book Out of Mao's Shadow[9] He and Tieng Biao discussed the citizen rights movement in China since 2003 and how it "has opened a new direction in the democracy movement" at 2009 seminar.[10]

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  1. ^ "Google takes on the Dragon". The Economic Times.
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  3. ^ "Creative Commons China Mainland » Advisory Board". cn.creativecommons.org. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009.
  4. ^ Tania Branigan China cracks down on 'vulgar' online searches; Google told to regulate content or face penalties; Censorship linked to year of sensitive anniversaries The Guardian 6 January 2009
  5. ^ Berkshire Encyclopedia of China page 180
  6. ^ book excerpt Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Out of Mao's Shadow Philip P. Pan
  7. ^ China postpones web filter plan; China backtracks on controversial Green Dam internet monitoring software amid outcry. 1 July 2009 Al Jazeera
  8. ^ Oiwan Lam China: Sohu.com removed online public opinion leaders' blog accounts 15 July 2010 Global Voices
  9. ^ GORDON G. CHANG Letters From China, Written in Blood Special to the Sun | 16 June 2008 New York Sun
  10. ^ "China: The democracy movement since 1989 | GroundReport". www.groundreport.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012.