{"id":171151,"date":"2014-04-07T09:14:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T16:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=171151"},"modified":"2014-04-07T09:14:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T16:14:45","slug":"sensitive-words-maoming-px-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/04\/sensitive-words-maoming-px-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensitive Words: Maoming PX Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of April 5, the following search terms are blocked on Sina\u00a0Weibo\u00a0(not including the \u201csearch for user\u201d function).<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Maoming\"<\/a>

Maoming protesters. (\u53e6\u4e00\u4e2a\u8f89\u8f8924<\/a>\/Weibo)<\/p><\/div>\n

Maoming Protests Continue: <\/strong>Residents of the city in Guangdong are trying to keep a proposed paraxylene (PX) plant out of their city. PX is used in the manufacture of plastics.\u00a0The authorities admit that some protesters were injured<\/a>, but deny that anyone was killed<\/a>. Protests have also spread to Shenzhen<\/a> and Guangzhou<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See our March 31 Sensitive Words post<\/a>\u00a0for more blocked keywords.<\/p>\n