The Chinese government tried to silence them. It backfired.

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She had almost forgotten about the petition, a critique of the Chinese government that she had posted online months earlier. The woman, a Chinese citizen living in the United States, had been careful to register on the site anonymously, and the petition drew little notice. Except, that is, from the Chinese government. Early one morning last year, she said, she got a call from her father in China, as police officers in his office dictated questions about the petition and demanded she log into her social media accounts. “It’s kind of unbelievable. How did they find out? My only reaction...