{"id":125493,"date":"2011-10-21T21:54:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T04:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=125493"},"modified":"2011-10-21T21:54:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T04:54:36","slug":"the-%e2%80%9coccupy%e2%80%9d-series-sina-weibo%e2%80%99s-new-list-of-banned-search-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/10\/the-%e2%80%9coccupy%e2%80%9d-series-sina-weibo%e2%80%99s-new-list-of-banned-search-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Occupy” Series: Sina Weibo’s New List of Banned Search Terms (Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"
As the Occupy Wall Street<\/a> movement goes global, China’s call for calm observation and reflection<\/a> may have been followed by another round of censorship in cyberspace. A long list of banned keywords on Sina Weibo<\/a>\u2019s search function has been uncovered and tested by the CDT team yesterday. All the listed phrases stick to one simple rule: a combination of \u201coccupy\u201d (\u5360\u9886) and a place name–provincial capitals, economically developed regions, and few symbolic local areas.<\/p>\n Keywords containing provincial capitals (all provincial capitals except Hefei of Anhui province and Guiyang of Guizhou province are on the list):<\/p>\n \u201cOccupy Beijing\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u5317\u4eac), \u201cOccupy Shanghai\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u4e0a\u6d77), \u201cOccupy Guangzhou\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u5e7f\u5dde), \u201cOccupy Xi\u2019an\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u897f\u5b89), \u201cOccupy Chongqin\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u91cd\u5e86), \u201cOccupy Tianjin\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u5929\u6d25), \u201cOccupy Urumqi\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u4e4c\u9c81\u6728\u9f50), \u201cOccupy Lhasa\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u62c9\u8428), \u201cOccupy Changsha\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u957f\u6c99), \u201cOccupy Wuhan\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u6b66\u6c49), \u201cOccupy Nanchang\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u5357\u660c), \u201cOccupy Fuzhou\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u798f\u5dde), \u201cOccupy Nanjing\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u5927\u8fde), \u201cOccupy Hangzhou\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u676d\u5dde), \u201cOccupy Harbin\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u54c8\u5c14\u6ee8), \u201cOccupy Chengdu\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u6210\u90fd), \u201cOccupy Kunming\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u6606\u660e), \u201cOccupy Hohhot\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u547c\u548c\u6d69\u7279), \u201cOccupy Haikou\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u6d77\u53e3), \u201cOccupy Zhengzhou\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u90d1\u5dde), \u201cOccupy Changchun\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u957f\u6625), \u201cOccupy Shenyang\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u6c88\u9633), \u201cOccupy Xining\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u897f\u5b81), \u201cOccupy Lanzhou\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u5170\u5dde), \u201cOccupy Taiyuan\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u592a\u539f), \u201cOccupy Yinchuan\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u94f6\u5ddd), \u201cOccupy Shijiazhuang\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u77f3\u5bb6\u5e84), \u201cOccupy Jinan\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u6d4e\u5357), \u201cOccupy Nanning\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u5357\u5b81).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Keywords containing non-capital cities:<\/p>\n (\u5360\u9886\u5357\u4eac), \u201cOccupy Dalian&rdquo, \u201cOccupy Jiling\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u5409\u6797), \u201cOccupy Shenzhen\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u6df1\u5733), \u201cOccupy Wenzhou\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u6e29\u5dde), \u201cOccupy Qingdao\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u9752\u5c9b).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Keywords containing local areas:<\/p>\n \u201cOccupy Wangfujing\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u738b\u5e9c\u4e95), \u201cOccupy Zhongnanhai\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u4e2d\u5357\u6d77), and \u201cOccupy Financial Street\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u91d1\u878d\u8857).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Uncategorized keyword:<\/p>\n \u201cOccupy China\u201d(\u5360\u9886\u4e2d\u56fd).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Update: CDT Chinese has launched a project to crowd-source filtered keywords on Sina Weibo search<\/a>. CDT independently tests the keywords before posting them<\/a>, but, as Oiwan points out in the comment below, some searches later become accessible again. We welcome readers to contribute to this project so that we can include the most up-to-date information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the Occupy Wall Street movement goes global, China’s call for calm observation and reflection may have been followed by another round of censorship in cyberspace. A long list of banned keywords on Sina Weibo\u2019s search function has been uncovered and tested by the CDT team yesterday. All the listed phrases stick to one simple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":980,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[99,7,100,1051,4202],"tags":[16603,6300,14858,14796,167,14561],"class_list":["post-125493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cdt-highlights","category-information-revolution","category-politics","category-top-article","category-translation","tag-blocked-keywords","tag-internet-censorship","tag-occupy-movement","tag-occupy-wall-street","tag-protests","tag-sina-weibo","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n