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Rumors flourish in vacuum

By Xie Hui | China Daily | Updated: 2013-10-16 07:25

Modern society needs timely and efficient dissemination of information and law-abiding behavior from people

In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, "rumor" is defined as "talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernable source", or "a statement without known authority for its truth".

That definition aptly sums up the characteristics of rumor: everybody is talking about it without anybody knowing whether it is true.

Rumors flourish in vacuum

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