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China Bans Orwell's Animal Farm and the Letter 'N'

posted by janrinok on Monday March 05 2018, @09:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the chi_a-does-what? dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

The Chinese government has banned George Orwell's dystopian satirical novella Animal Farm and the letter 'N' in a wide-ranging online censorship crackdown.

Experts believe the increased levels of suppression - which come just days after the Chinese Communist Party announced presidential term limits would be abolished - are a sign Xi Jinping hopes to become a dictator for life.

The China Digital Times, a California-based site covering China, reports a list of terms excised from Chinese websites by government censors includes the letter 'N', Orwell's novels Animal Farm and 1984, and the phrase 'Xi Zedong'.

The latter is a combination of President Xi and former chairman Mao Zedong's names.

[...] It was not immediately obvious why the ostensibly harmless letter 'N' had been banned, but some speculated it may either be being used or interpreted as a sign of dissent.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-animal-farm-ban-censorship-george-orwell-xi-jinping-power-letter-n-a8235071.html

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by frojack on Monday March 05 2018, @09:31PM (2 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Monday March 05 2018, @09:31PM (#648196) Journal

    Just be tha_kfull they o_ly ba__ed the letter _ i_ter_ally, i_stead of se_di_g a Court Order everywhere.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by BsAtHome on Monday March 05 2018, @09:45PM

    by BsAtHome (889) on Monday March 05 2018, @09:45PM (#648203)

    The u.derscore is ba..ed too. A.d .ot too soo. the period will vaish followed byspacestoeverbeiggoe

    Thatwillmakeaicekeyboard!

  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday March 05 2018, @10:09PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Monday March 05 2018, @10:09PM (#648211)

    Wait for the result of the Microsoft case at the Supreme Court.
    If it goes the wrong way, the Chinese will start demanding that any company doing business in china follow the Chinese rules for all their servers worldwide.

    Interestingly, besides Vidia and Itel, most US tech giants will not have to change the signs on their buildings. Coincidence, or amazing planning ?