From RConversation:
Tongue-in-cheek “patriotic” banners like this one created by “Xiucai” have been cropping up around the Chinese blogosphere. It reads: “Joyfully welcome the 17th Party Congress, building a harmonious society together. Xiucai is a good comrade. This site has temporarily shut down comments and forum features.”
Xiucai’s creation is just one of many dozens of examples of the latest official crackdown against blogs in the run-up to China’s 17th Communist Party Congress – and the defiant response by many Chinese bloggers to the crackdown. John Kennedy’s epic post on Global Voices today has the full story. [Full Text]
