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from the the-truth-is-what-we-say-it-is dept.
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: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday February 28 2018, @03:40PM
They were very democratic, but they called it republican. I call it FAILURE, they had a Failed State. They didn't protect their Border, they had a big problem with Japan. I always say, if you don't have a Border you don't have a Country. And you could go to China, you'd think you were in Japan. The Japanese said it was Japan. A lot of Countries said it was Japan. The Japanese, believe me, didn't send their best people. They sent killers. They sent rapists. And, I assume, some good people. And the other countries said, "look what happened to China, they didn't protect themselves, this is terrible, we'll protect them." And FDR did that whole Pearl Harbor thing, he set up Pearl Harbor, as everybody knows. So he could have a war. Not just to protect China. Because the economy was IN THE TOILET. I won't swear, a lot of people were swearing over that one. And worse. And America had that war, we built a nuclear arsenal -- one of the first -- and used it on Japan. And Russia moved very strongly too. They can be very proud of that. And China was China again, it was a Country. A VERY WEAK AND INEFFECTIVE Country. So Chairman Mao -- amazing leader -- says, "we have too many parties, let's just have one party, let's call it the Communist Party." And it's been terrific for them. They call it communist, it's not communist. It's business, it's a government that puts business first. After itself, after the party. But business is right up there. And it's been tremendous for them. China's agenda is not my agenda. Obviously I'm not working for China. But we can learn so much from them. They took me to the Forbidden City, I saw things no American ever saw. So interesting!