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www.guardian.co.uk — Mass rallies in Egypt have prompted officials to take a play out of the China playbook and completely shut down internet and SMS. Bets are on as to whether they can hold on for 10 months like China did, though. (read more about China's 2009 blocking here.)

www.guardian.co.uk — A report from the Xinjiang website Tianshannet, carried on another Chinese website, said one man was in criminal detention after sending messages with "splittist" content. A police spokesman said that meant the suspect would be held for up to 15 days, although he added that he was not aware of the specific case and had not read the report because it was hard to access websites from Xinjiang.