You Can't Use Putin or Obama Online Handles in China
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Putin and Obama have been banned from China.
Not the actual presidents of Russia and the U.S., but the use of their names by Chinese netizens as online handles. Account names that are registered or used in China and deemed “unlawful” or “unsound” will be prohibited from March as part of new Internet restrictions issued Wednesday by the country’s top cyberspace watchdog.