Sensitive Words: Leaders New and Old

As of November 16, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function): Pinyin Spelling of Leaders’ Names: - [Zhang] dejiang: Member of the newly elected Politburo Standing Committee (PSC). - [Zhang] gaoli: New PSC member. - jiaqinglin: One of the ...
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  1. China’s Digital Evolution – The Netizen Project says:
    November 20, 2012 at 11:58 AM

    [...] and news media. Despite strict controls on news media coverage of the party congress, combined with elaborate attempts by social media companies to block the most edgy words and phrases from their services, netizens [...]

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  2. China’s Digital Evolution – Consent of the Networked says:
    November 20, 2012 at 12:00 PM

    [...] and news media. Despite strict controls on news media coverage of the party congress, combined with elaborate attempts by social media companies to block the most edgy words and phrases from their services, netizens [...]

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