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Sensitive Words: Beijing Mayor Resigns
As of July 25, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function): Guo Jinlong (right) resigned from his post as mayor of Beijing. Beijing Mayor Resigns: Guo...
View ArticlePublic Anger Floods Beijing (Updated)
Last Saturday’s downpour engulfed Beijing in a serious flood, and the water-logged capital’s anxiety is surely mounting as more heavy rains are forecasted throughout the week. As the city deals with...
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After Flood, Logic with Chinese Characteristics
While netizens focus on the floods in Beijing, the state-run media has pointedly avoided the situation. The day after torrential rains crippled the capital, six newspapers ran the following headline...
View ArticleSensitive Words: Beijing Flood
As of July 26, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function): • mayor (市长) • briefing (通报): A Beijing spokesperson announced the new official...
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Beijing Flood Stories Cut from Southern Weekend
Eight pages of reporting on the Beijing flood were pulled from today’s edition of Southern Weekend before going to press. Several of the paper’s editors have voiced their anger on Weibo, while some...
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Drawing the News: Beijing Flood
Political cartoonists have taken on the Beijing flood, posting images on Weibo and blogs that crystallize the major complaints to arise from this natural-and-man-made disaster: Cars stalled by the...
View ArticleBeijing Officials Raise Flood Death Toll
Facing mounting public criticism and a crisis of credibility over the city’s response to the weekend’s flooding, Beijing officials raised the death toll from 37 to 77 on Thursday evening. From The Wall...
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Sensitive Words: Beijing Flood (2)
Guo Jinlong (right) and Wang Anshun publicly mourned the flood victims today. (Caijing) As of July 27, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function):...
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Sensitive Words: Qidong Protest, Beijing Flood
As of July 29, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function): Qidong mayor Sun Jianhua was stripped by protesters. Qidong Protest: After their formal...
View ArticleDirectives from the Ministry of Truth: Beijing Floods (2)
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, have been leaked and distributed...
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Hexie Farm (蟹农场): The Great Wave Off Zhongnanhai
For his latest contribution to his CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm finds inspiration in the wood-block print The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Japanese artist Hokusai. Responding both to...
View ArticleSensitive Words: Intranets, Prostitution and More
As of August 8, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function): Today’s Hot Topics: intranet (内联网): Iran has announced a program to move away from the...
View ArticleMinistry of Truth: Floods, Typhoons and Outposts
The following example of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, has been leaked and distributed online....
View ArticleBeijing Flood Censorship Directives
The following example of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, has been leaked and distributed online....
View ArticleSOEs, Rule of Law Among Hurdles for Clean Air Push
Beijing’s acting mayor has announced an array of new measures to combat air pollution in the city, following heavy smog that seeped hundreds of points off the scale this month. From Xinhua: The capital...
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Saying of the Week: Donate My A**
捐你妹 (juān nǐ mèi): donate my ass Literally “donate your sister.” After record rains hit Beijing in June 2012, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs called for donations online. Appalled that...
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