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.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @12:33AM (2 children)
There are elements in the world who would like to see the Chinese system changed. China is on the dreaded PNAC list, after all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century [wikipedia.org]
If China bans an item, you can bet they are defending themselves from outside interference. And Jews being Jews, started both world wars and committed crimes against humanity on a large scale. Israel is a terrorist state, sponsoring terrorism. There is nothing beyond them. Increase in censorship all over the world is no coincidence. The Israelis are behind it.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @12:52AM (1 child)
When declaring The Party can do no wrong - do it as The Party mandated. N is Not For You.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday March 06 2018, @07:30AM
But without N, you cannot declare that the party can do no wrong. Only that the party ca do o wrog. :-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.