{"id":163726,"date":"2013-10-07T20:15:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T03:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=163726"},"modified":"2013-10-07T20:18:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T03:18:01","slug":"one-big-v-still-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/one-big-v-still-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"One Big V Who Still Speaks Out"},"content":{"rendered":"
Several Weibo celebrities were chastised in August and September. First, \u201cBig V\u201d Charles Xue, an outspoken Chinese-American businessman, was detained for involvement in prostitution, then shown on CCTV confessing to reckless writing, and stating that \u201cfreedom of speech cannot override the law.\u201d<\/a> Bloomberg tracked the ensuing attrition of his followers.<\/a><\/strong> Soon after, real estate mogul Pan Shiyi, whose Weibo activity helped promote more accurate air quality measurements in Beijing, lost his typical confidence in a CCTV interview<\/a>, stammering that Big Vs should be disciplined role models.<\/p>\n