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China blocks Wikimedia from entering World Intellectual Property Organization

by Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org published 2021-10-05

5 October 2021, San Francisco, CA, USA — China today blocked the Wikimedia Foundation’s bid for observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the second time after the Foundation’s initial application in 2020. WIPO is the United Nations (UN) organization that develops international…

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