From, “Taiwan Election Stirs Hopes Among Chinese for Democracy,” by Andrew Jacobs, 1/16/12, The New York Times:
“To allow unfettered news media coverage of the race was out of the question, but to strangle the news online of a major international story might have provoked an uncomfortable backlash from China’s increasingly savvy Internet users.”
Unfettered: not restricted
“While the governing Communist Party has long sought to portray democracy as unsuitable for the Chinese nation, it also considers Taiwan a part of China — despite a six-decade schism during which the island of 23 million has developed strongly held ideas about free speech and self-determination.”
Schism: a separation or division into factions; discord
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