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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: 5, Funny) by SomeGuy on Monday March 05 2018, @10:55PM (2 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Monday March 05 2018, @10:55PM (#648238)

    Do you want to install Windows 10 now?

    [Y] [Banned]

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @12:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @12:14AM (#648266)

    Wrong. Dialogues are all passive aggressive these days.

    When do you want to install Window 10?
    [_ow]
    [I_ a mi_ute]
    [Remi_d me i_ a_ hour]
    [Surprise me]
    [JUST FUCK ME UP]

  • (Score: 4, Touché) by arslan on Tuesday March 06 2018, @01:38AM

    by arslan (3462) on Tuesday March 06 2018, @01:38AM (#648288)

    I think you meant "Widows 10"...