Kai-fu Lee: 78 Innocent Weibos Hounded to Death
Kai-fu Lee, dubbed 2012’s most influential Weibo personality by Sina, has decided to market...
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Netizen Voices: Financial Disclosure Never?
Official corruption is front and center on Weibo. As netizens expose greedy politicians online, Xi Jinping is vowing to crack down. Among the issues citizens want addressed is the lack of public disclosure of officials’...
Read MoreSouthern Weekly Editor Replaced to Calm Dispute
The uncertain resolution of a stand-off between Southern Weekly staff and Guangdong propaganda authorities continues to unfold. At the South China Morning Post, Li Jing and Mimi Lau report the ousting of Southern Weekly...
Read MoreSouthern Weekly Conflict Resolved; Concerns Linger
After a weeklong stand-off with local propaganda officials, which included street protests, a staff strike, and weibo battles, Southern Weekly published its weekly edition Thursday as scheduled. But the publication did not come...
Read MoreSouthern Weekly Censorship Faceoff Continues (Updated)
The heavy-handed rewriting of the Southern Weekly newspaper’s traditional New Year greeting has triggered a staff strike, a barrage of letters and petitions, and an upwelling of popular support both on- and offline. In the...
Read MoreSouthern Weekly Editorial Staff Goes On Strike (Updated)
An internal standoff has escalated into a full-blown crisis at Southern Weekly (formerly known as Southern Weekend), where Guangdong’s propaganda chief meddled in the publication’s annual “New Year’s...
Read MoreNaked Officials 2.0
After the new Party leadership was sworn in during the 18th Party Congress, the Chinese government has been actively cultivating an image that is warmer and friendlier than generations past, including distributing images of...
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Sensitive Words: Photoshop Strikes Again
As of December 25, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
Read MoreChanges and Challenges for China in 2013
In the wake of a leadership transition and at the end of an erratic year – full of scandalous political plummets, diplomacy-testing activist escapes and enflamed nationalism, one can only wonder what will come in 2013....
Read MoreWeibo Enacts New “7 Day Delay” Function
Weeks after the 18th Party Congress, Sina weibo censors seem to have settled on a new censorship approach to delay in showing sensitive searches . From Feichangdao: The screenshots below show that, two weeks after the...
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