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‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended his censor

Online dissent is a serious crime in China. So why did a Weibo censor help me publish posts critical of the Communist party? By Murong Xuecun. Read by Zhang Wang Li. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  An English gentleman, a crooked lawyer: the secrets of Stephen David Jones

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  From the archive: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: three days with a giant of African li…

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  Death, divorce and the magic of kitchen objects: how to find hope in loss

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  Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode 1

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  A deadly mission: how Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira tried to warn the wor…

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  From the archive: Alan Yentob: the last impresario

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  ‘We know what is happening, we cannot walk away’: how the Guardian bore wi…

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  The ancient psychedelics myth: ‘People tell tourists the stories they thin…

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  From the archive: The lost Jews of Nigeria

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  ‘We thought we could change the world’: how an idealistic fight against mi…

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  ‘All other avenues have been exhausted’: Is legal action the only way to s…

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  From the archive: Super-prime mover: Britain’s most successful estate agent

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  A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right

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  ‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own …

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  From the archive: What lies beneath: the truth about France’s top serial k…