TechCrunch:
"China's web scrubbers have been busy banning a collection of terms and dropping the hammer on user accounts after the Xi Jinping, the country's premier, got the all-clear to become 'President For Life' after the Communist Party moved to amend the constitution to remove an article that limits Presidential terms to two five-year terms."
BBC:
"The comments remaining on the popular Sina Weibo microblog are mostly monosyllabic statements from users simply say they "like" or "approve" the amendments.
They are likely to be from China's "50 Cent Party" - a nickname coined for internet commentators who are paid small amounts to post messages supporting the government's position.
Some posts have attracted thousands of comments - but only a few are available to view. This is traditionally indicative of online censorship by government administrators. "
China Digital Times:
"Following state media's announcement, censorship authorities began work to limit online discussion. CDT Chinese editors found the following terms blocked from being posted on Weibo: [...]"
Sources:
China's web censors go into overdrive as President Xi Jinping consolidates power
China censorship after Xi Jinping presidency extension proposal
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @01:55AM
Censorship so strong he forgot any mention of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests [wikipedia.org] I'm sure that by then phones had video capabilities (/s). And it was defused but not a massacre.
Please, spare me that HK is not China nonsense. China gov is the side prevailing, with the other side getting jail terms and being unable to take part in politics for even longer.
China seems to be perfecting the hand and glove trick, and by now it's titanium fist in soft touch coating.