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China’s Web Censors Go into Overdrive as President Xi Jinping Consolidates Power

posted by janrinok on Tuesday February 27 2018, @06:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-truth-is-what-we-say-it-is dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes in with information on how China is controlling the internet internally:

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:

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 28 2018, @03:43AM (2 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday February 28 2018, @03:43AM (#644954) Journal

    The hairy *what now?* I don't like the look of that second character with the "flesh" radical in there, LOL...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @06:32AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @06:32AM (#644999)
    It reads Máo Cháo. The first character comes from Mao Zedong (毛泽东, yes, his surname is written with the character for 'hair'), and the second character 朝 (cháo) is the suffix for dynasties, e.g. the Qin Dynasty comes out as 秦朝 (Qín Cháo). It can also mean 'morning', e.g. 一朝, but that reads 'yī-zhāo'.

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 28 2018, @09:46PM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday February 28 2018, @09:46PM (#645418) Journal

      LOL, I know, but it *looks* a lot like "piece of flesh that rolls/travels" if you're breaking it down to its components. In other words, it looks kinda like "hairy dong," and the eight-year-old in me is snickering.

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