Sensitive Words: Southern Weekly Tempest
As of January 6, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).
Each individual character in “Southern Weekly” was blocked as of January 6:
- south (南): nán
- place (方): fāng
- week (周): zhōu
- end (末): mò
Although these characters are ...
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Under the seventh decade of the unelected Communist Party’s single-party monopolistic rule by administrative fiat, “constitutional governance” remains a banned and blocked term. Behind the draconian censorship lies the oligarchy’s growing fear of losing their monopolisti control over China.