{"id":182180,"date":"2015-03-18T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T21:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=182180"},"modified":"2015-03-29T17:41:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T00:41:42","slug":"sensitive-words-womens-rights-activists-detained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/03\/sensitive-words-womens-rights-activists-detained\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensitive Words: Women’s Rights Activists Detained"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0browse our archive of sensitive words<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Weibo is constricting discussion of the five women\u2019s rights activists detained on suspicion of \u201cpicking quarrels and provoking trouble.\u201d <\/a>They had planned\u00a0to put stickers on public transportation<\/a> in Beijing, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou to raise awareness about sexual harassment on International Women\u2019s Day. They were detained before they could act, and so \u201cnever actually committed a crime, even under Chinese law<\/a>,\u201d writes Elizabeth Lynch at the China Law & Policy blog.<\/p>\n

While the five activists\u2019 names themselves remain searchable on Weibo, the added search term taken away (\u88ab\u5e26\u8d70)<\/strong> makes four of their names unsearchable: Zheng Churan (\u90d1\u695a\u7136)<\/strong>, Wei Tingting (\u97e6\u5a77\u5a77)<\/strong>, Wang Man (\u738b\u66fc)<\/strong>, and Li Maizi (\u674e\u9ea6\u5b50)<\/strong> (the penname of Li Tingting<\/a>, who helped plan the Occupy Men\u2019s Toilets<\/a>\u00a0campaign in 2012). The combined search take away + women’s rights (\u5e26\u8d70\uff0b\u5973\u6743)<\/strong> is also blocked.<\/p>\n

Wu Rongrong + taken away (\u6b66\u5d58\u5d58\uff0b\u88ab\u5e26\u8d70) is the only combination with any of the activists\u2019 names that remains searchable as of the publication of this post. The keywords return 80 results<\/a>, including a comment (translated below) from a thread started by\u00a0@NGOCN on March 7, and 79 responses to that comment:<\/p>\n

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Zhiyeweiguansuosuozhang <\/em>(@\u804c\u4e1a\u56f4\u89c2\u6240\u6240\u957f): <(ll\u00b0\u0434\u00b0ll)>! So it wasn\u2019t just in Guangzhou. Even Wu Rongrong<\/strong> was taken away<\/strong>?!\/\/Xuenuonuo<\/em> (@\u8840\u8bfa\u8bfa):\/\/@\u5e05\u6c14\u903c\u4eba\u6e23\u6e23\u5b50biu: Hehe<\/a>.\/\/Jiexishibai\u00a0<\/em>(@\u89e3\u6790\u5931\u6557): Maybe a lot of people don\u2019t understand the official definition of \u201cwoman,\u201d so it\u2019s hard to have a \u201cwomen\u2019s day.\u201d \/\/Leixiaojiang<\/em> (@\u6dda\u7b11\u5320): Fight on.\/\/Dongfangzanzhu<\/em> (@\u4e1c\u65b9\u8d5e\u52a9):\/\/Pigediqiaositaxiansheng\u00a0<\/em>(@\u76ae\u683c\u8e44\u4e54\u65af\u5854\u5148\u751f): \/\/Shui-yeyushengbufan\u00a0<\/em>(@\u6c34-\u591c\u96e8\u8072\u4e0d\u7169):\u2026\u2026\/\/Baihuboli_<\/em> (@\u767d\u864e\u7409\u7483_): China is this afraid to let women have their own voices heard.<\/p>\n

<(ll\u00b0\u0434\u00b0ll)>!\u539f\u6765\u4e0d\u6b62\u662f\u5e7f\u5dde\u7684\uff0c\u8fde\u6b66\u5d58\u5d58<\/strong>\u4e5f\u88ab\u5e26\u8d70<\/strong>\u4e86\uff1f\uff01\/\/@\u8840\u8bfa\u8bfa:\/\/@\u5e05\u6c14\u903c\u4eba\u6e23\u6e23\u5b50biu:\u5475\u5475\/\/@\u89e3\u6790\u5931\u6557:\u53ef\u80fd\u5f88\u591a\u4eba\u4e0d\u660e\u767d\u201c\u5987\u5973\u201d\u7684\u5b98\u65b9\u5b9a\u4e49\u5427\uff0c\u786c\u5f04\u4e2a\u201c\u5973\u751f\u8282\u201d\u51fa\u6765\/\/@\u6dda\u7b11\u5320:\u52a0\u6cb9\u3002\/\/@\u4e1c\u65b9\u8d5e\u52a9:\/\/@\u76ae\u683c\u8e44\u4e54\u65af\u5854\u5148\u751f: \/\/@\u6c34-\u591c\u96e8\u8072\u4e0d\u7169:\u2026\u2026\/\/@\u767d\u864e\u7409\u7483_:\u4e2d\u56fd\u5982\u6b64\u5bb3\u6015\u8ba9\u5973\u6027\u53d1\u51fa\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u58f0\u97f3\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

@NGOCN: At first it was action to \u201cprevent sexual harassment,\u201d but now the action itself has been harassed; at first it was a day for women\u2019s rights and interests, but the words \u201crights and interests\u201d can\u2019t even be brought up.\u201d http:\/\/t.cn\/Rwu05Mn<\/a> (March 7, 2015)<\/p>\n

\u672c\u662f\u4e00\u573a\u201c\u5236\u6b62\u6027\u9a9a\u6270\u201d\u7684\u6d3b\u52a8\uff0c\u5982\u4eca\u6d3b\u52a8\u672c\u8eab\u5374\u88ab\u9a9a\u6270\uff1b\u672c\u662f\u4e00\u4e2a\u5987\u5973\u6743\u76ca\u7684\u8282\u65e5\uff0c\u4f46\u6743\u76ca\u4e8c\u5b57\u5374\u4e0d\u80fd\u63d0\u53ca\u3002 http:\/\/t.cn\/Rwu05Mn<\/a> [Chinese<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In her last Weibo post, on March 5, Wei Tingting asked, \u201cIs it really a good idea to lose myself in dangerous and unknown territory?\u201d (\u628a\u81ea\u5df1\u4e22\u5230\u5371\u9669\u672a\u77e5\u4e4b\u5730\uff0c\u5230\u5e95\u597d\u4e0d\u597d<\/a>). Friends have commented with well-wishes, hopes that she will soon be released from custody, and cake emoji for her birthday on March 13, spent in detention.<\/p>\n

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