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

Accepted submission by Anonymous Coward at 2018-02-27 09:08:08 from the willy-nilly-silly-old-bear dept.
Digital Liberty

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: [...]"

China’s web censors go into overdrive as President Xi Jinping consolidates power [techcrunch.com]

China censorship after Xi Jinping presidency extension proposal [bbc.com]

Sensitive Words: Emperor Xi Jinping to Ascend His Throne [chinadigitaltimes.net]

Coming by 2020 : China moves to rate its 1.3 billion citizens [usatoday.com]


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