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AI Summary
- Yi-Ling Liu challenges Bill Clinton's prediction that the internet would liberalize China, showing instead how China successfully controlled content behind its 'Great Firewall' while the US internet also failed to deliver liberalization
- The Chinese internet evolved from early visions of freedom into a hotbed of nationalism, as users navigate a complex 'dance' between censorship and freedom
- Both US and Chinese internets developed in surprising similar ways when considering user behavior and control mechanisms, contrary to expectations of divergent outcomes