{"id":183599,"date":"2015-05-15T13:45:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T20:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=183599"},"modified":"2015-05-19T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T21:59:22","slug":"the-week-in-review-hot-on-the-chinternet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/05\/the-week-in-review-hot-on-the-chinternet\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week on the Chinternet (May 14, 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"
As part of our Hot on the Chinternet series, here are some of the headlines Chinese netizens are following this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n The death of Xu Chunhe, an impoverished petitioner who was shot<\/a> during an altercation with police in a train station in Qing’an, Heilongjiang, has captured netizens’ attention. Media Notes: Publish Immediately<\/a> reviews media coverage of the case while lawyers for Xu’s mother continued to be skeptical<\/a> of edited surveillance video of the incident which showed Xu being aggressive toward the officer and throwing his young daughter.<\/p>\n Mingjing Monthly: Xi Jinping, Wang Qishan Cease Capture of Big Tigers & Investigations into Standing Committee Members\u2018 Families. <\/a>This follows an expos\u00e9 in the New York Times about business tycoon Wang Jianlin<\/a> and his ties to the political elite, including the sister and brother-in-law of Xi Jinping. <\/p>\n CCTV Cancellation of Live Broadcast of Russian Military Parade Generates Discussion<\/a>. Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow <\/a>was a major topic of online discussion, including the decision by CCTV to cancel the live broadcast of Russia’s Victory Day parade, where Xi had a VIP seat next to Putin.<\/p>\n Netizen Voices: The Collapse of the Chinese Dream<\/a>. Netizens found symbolism in a stage collapse that injured eight. Read more from Global Voices<\/a>.<\/p>\n