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Sensitive Words highlights keywords that are blocked from Sina Weibo search results. CDT independently tests the keywords before posting them, but 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. Use the form at the bottom of this post to help us crowd source sensitive words. You can also browse our archive of sensitive words<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The documentary about air pollution in China that went viral on February 28 is being shut down online. Former CCTV reporter Chai Jing\u2019s independently produced film, \u201cUnder the Dome,\u201d was watched at least 200 million times<\/a> before it was shut down, but the censorship came swiftly. Although the film first appeared on the website of the Party mouthpiece People\u2019s Daily, the timing of the release so close to the National People\u2019s Congress and Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference<\/a> (known collectively as the \u201cTwo Sessions\u201d), Chai\u2019s implication of the state-owned oil companies in worsening air pollution, and the very popularity of \u201cUnder the Dome\u201d may all have contributed to its quick demise<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Directives leaked last week show a slow build in the reaction to \u201cUnder the Dome,\u201d from controlling hype and \u201cpublic opinion\u201d<\/a> around it to the removal of the film entirely\u00a0from video websites<\/a>. The Fei Chang Dao blog has\u00a0documented the execution of this latest directive<\/a>. An unnamed reporter in Shanghai who leaked a directive on Weibo (translated by CDT<\/a>) was suspended from work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Weibo, searches for Under the Dome (\u7a79\u9876\u4e4b\u4e0b)<\/strong> are now blocked:<\/p>\n

\"\u7a79\u9876\u4e4b\u4e0b\"<\/a><\/center>Also blocked are results for the combined search terms smog + APEC (\u96fe\u973e\uff0bAPEC)<\/strong>. Netizens have compared Beijing\u2019s blue skies during APEC last fall to the cerulean over the ongoing Two Sessions. In the fall, many people called the color of these smog-free skies APEC blue<\/a>\u2014now they are calling it Chai Jing blue<\/a>\u00a0in support of Chai and her documentary:<\/p>\n

\"\u96fe\u973e+APEC\"<\/a><\/center>The first result for a search of Chai Jing (\u67f4\u9759), on the other hand, pulls up a recommended post by the magazine Science & Technology for China’s Mass Media on the scrubbing of \u201cUnder the Dome.\u201d The magazine has even opened a Weibo topic page with the hashtag #UndertheDomeBlocked?:<\/p>\n

\"\u67f4\u9759\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Zhongguochuanmeikeji <\/em>(@\u4e2d\u56fd\u4f20\u5a92\u79d1\u6280<\/a>): #UndertheDomeBlocked? “Under the Dome,” the documentary about the pressing issue of smog self-produced by former CCTV journalist Chai Jing, attracted a lot of attention online for a time. But recently, many netizens have found that the film has been blocked on each major video website, and they can’t view it normally. (March 8, 2015)<\/p>\n

#\u300a\u7a79\u9876\u4e4b\u4e0b\u300b\u906d\u7981\u64ad\uff1f#<\/a>\u7531\u539f\u592e\u89c6\u8bb0\u8005\u67f4\u9759\u81ea\u8d39\u62cd\u6444\uff0c\u805a\u7126\u4e86\u65f6\u4e0b\u70ed\u70b9\u96fe\u973e\u95ee\u9898\u7684\u7eaa\u5f55\u7247\u300a\u7a79\u9876\u4e4b\u4e0b\u300b\u4e00\u5ea6\u7f51\u7edc\u4e0a\u5f15\u8d77\u5173\u6ce8\u3002\u800c\u6700\u8fd1\uff0c\u4e0d\u5c11\u7f51\u53cb\u53d1\u73b0\uff0c\u8be5\u7eaa\u5f55\u7247\u5374\u5728\u5404\u5927\u89c6\u9891\u7f51\u7ad9\u4e2d\u88ab\u5c4f\u853d\uff0c\u65e0\u6cd5\u6b63\u5e38\u64ad\u51fa\u3002 [Chinese<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hongshanhume<\/em> (@\u7ea2\u73ca\u745ame) replies, \u201cLooks like the government doesn\u2019t want to deal with pollution, or doesn\u2019t want ordinary people to know about it. If they\u2019re this opaque, then it\u2019s clear they have no self-confidence.\u201d (\u770b\u6765\u653f\u5e9c\u8fd8\u662f\u4e0d\u60f3\u6cbb\u7406\u6c61\u67d3\uff0c\u6216\u662f\u4e0d\u60f3\u8ba9\u8001\u767e\u59d3\u77e5\u9053\u3002\u5982\u6b64\u4e0d\u900f\u660e\uff0c\u53ef\u89c1\u6ca1\u6709\u4e00\u70b9\u81ea\u4fe1).<\/p>\n

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