{"id":205312,"date":"2018-02-26T20:05:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T04:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=205312"},"modified":"2018-03-13T17:29:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T00:29:45","slug":"sensitive-words-emperor-xi-jinping-ascend-throne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2018\/02\/sensitive-words-emperor-xi-jinping-ascend-throne\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensitive Words: Xi to Ascend His Throne (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sensitive Words highlights keywords that are blocked from Sina\u00a0<a class=\"st_tag internal_tag\" title=\"Posts tagged with weibo\" href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/weibo\/\" rel=\"tag\">Weibo<\/a>\u00a0search 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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/06\/grass-mud-horse-list\/\">archive of sensitive words<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_205318\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205318\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-205318\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-uploaded-from-iOS.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-205318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;Xi Lasts Forever,&#8221; by Badiucao.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chinese state media announced on Sunday a list of proposed amendments to China&#8217;s constitution, which are expected to be adopted next month at the National People&#8217;s Congress session in Beijing. Among the 21 proposed amendments, the one with perhaps the deepest potential impact on the future of Chinese politics and society deals with paragraph 3 of article 79, which would eradicate the current limit of PRC presidents and vice-presidents to two five-year terms. This would <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2018\/02\/president-life-proposed-changes-allow-xi-stay-office\/\">effectively set President Xi Jinping up to maintain his seat as president indefinitely<\/a>. Erosion of the succession rules and conventions introduced by Deng Xiaoping to prevent the chaos that followed Mao Zedong\u2019s consolidation of personal power has <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/04\/will-xi-defy-10-year-term-convention\/\">long been anticipated<\/a>, and speculation along this line deepened last autumn when Xi <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2017\/10\/xi-launches-second-term-thoughts-charter-no-heir-sight\/\">failed to introduce a likely successor at the 19th Party Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following state media&#8217;s announcement, censorship authorities began work to limit online discussion. CDT Chinese editors found the <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2018\/02\/%E3%80%90%E6%95%8F%E6%84%9F%E8%AF%8D%E5%BA%93%E3%80%91%E5%90%BE%E7%9A%87%E4%B8%87%E5%B2%81%E5%8A%9D%E8%BF%9B%E7%99%BB%E5%9F%BA%E7%AD%89%E4%B9%A0\/\"><strong>following terms blocked from being posted on Weibo<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Updated at 12:47 PST on February 27, 2018:<\/strong>\u00a0CDT Chinese editors have found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2018\/02\/%E3%80%90%E6%95%8F%E6%84%9F%E8%AF%8D%E5%BA%93%E3%80%91%E4%BF%AE%E5%AE%AA%E7%9B%B8%E5%85%B3%E7%A6%81%E5%8F%91%E8%AF%8D2%EF%BC%9A%E6%A2%A6%E5%9B%9E%E5%A4%A7%E6%B8%85%E8%BF%AA\/\">additional <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2018\/02\/%E3%80%90%E6%95%8F%E6%84%9F%E8%AF%8D%E5%BA%93%E3%80%91%E4%BF%AE%E5%AE%AA%E7%9B%B8%E5%85%B3%E7%A6%81%E5%8F%91%E8%AF%8D2%EF%BC%9A%E6%A2%A6%E5%9B%9E%E5%A4%A7%E6%B8%85%E8%BF%AA\/\">terms blocked from being posted on Weibo<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Emperor\u2019s Dream (\u7687\u5e1d\u68a6) <\/strong>\u2014 The title of a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emperor%27s_Dream\">1947 animated puppet film<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disney (\u8fea\u58eb\u5c3c) <\/strong>\u2014 See also &#8220;Winnie the Pooh,&#8221; below.<\/li>\n<li><strong>roll up + sleeves (\u64b8\u8d77+\u8896\u5b50)<\/strong> \u2014 Phrase from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2017-09\/01\/content_31402773_6.htm\">Xi Jinping\u2019s New Year 2017 public greeting<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chinese Emperor stock (\u534e\u5e1d\u80a1\u4efd) <\/strong>\u2014 Following the news of the proposed amendment, speculators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-stocks-emperor-xi\/emperor-stocks-soar-in-china-as-xi-cleared-for-indefinite-reign-idUSKCN1GA0D3\">rushed on stocks for companies containing the word \u201cemperor\u201d<\/a> in their names. Vatti Corp, whose Chinese name translates to \u201cChinese Emperor\u201d (\u534e\u5e1d) experienced an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/stocks\/chart\/002035.SZ\"> initial surge, but leveled off <\/a>by the time markets closed yesterday.<\/li>\n<li><strong>oppose Qing, restore Ming (\u53cd\u6e05\u590d\u660e)<\/strong> \u2014 Rallying slogan of anti-Qing Dynasty activists.<\/li>\n<li><strong>personality cult (<\/strong><strong>\u4e2a\u4eba\u5d07\u62dc<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong> \u2014 Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/xi-jinping-image\/\">image-crafting campaign<\/a> that has been steadily cultivated by state media over Xi\u2019s first term.<\/li>\n<li><strong>the wheel of history (\u5386\u53f2\u7684\u8f66\u8f6e)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>universal celebration (\u666e\u5929\u540c\u5e86)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dream of Returning to the Great Qing (\u68a6\u56de\u5927\u6e05<\/strong>) \u2014 Title of a <a href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/1468493\/\">2006 book by Jin Zi<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>change the law (\u53d8\u6cd5) <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/hot-dystopic-orwell-and-huxley-at-the-shanghais-world-fair\/#!\">Brave New World<\/a> (\u7f8e\u4e3d\u65b0\u4e16\u754c) <\/strong>\u2014 See also &#8220;1984,&#8221; below.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Big River, Big Sea 1949 (\u5927\u6c5f\u5927\u6d771949) <\/strong>\u2014 The title of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/11385665?rating=1\">collection of short stories about the Chinese Civil War<\/a> published in 2009 by Taiwanese author Lung Ying-tai.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will continue to update this list as new blocked post and search terms are discovered.<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>my emperor (\u543e\u7687)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>long live<\/strong><strong>\u00a0(\u4e07\u5c81) <\/strong>\u2014 Literally &#8220;ten thousand years&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>ascend the throne (<strong>\u767b\u57fa)<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>to board a plane<\/strong><strong>\u00a0(\u767b\u673a) <\/strong>\u2014 Homophonous with\u00a0\u767b\u57fa, &#8220;to ascend the throne.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>proclaim oneself emperor (<\/strong><strong>\u79f0\u5e1d)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>urge a power figure to formally seize the throne (\u529d\u8fdb)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>chairman + for life system (\u4e3b\u5e2d+\u7ec8\u8eab\u5236)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yuan_Shikai#Becoming_emperor\">Yuan Shikai<\/a> (\u8881\u4e16\u51ef)<\/strong> \u2014 Influential warlord during the late Qing Dynasty, Yuan became the first formal president of the newly established Republic of China in 1912. In 1915, he briefly re-established China as a Confucian monarchy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hongxian (\u6d2a\u61b2)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Reign title of the short-lived, re-established monarchy led by Yuan Shikai, who\u00a0declared himself the Hongxian Emperor. After much popular disapproval and rebellion, Yuan formally abandoned the empire after 83 days as emperor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>reign title (\u5e74\u53f7)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>recover one&#8217;s authority (\u590d\u8f9f)<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hundred_Days%27_Reform\">Hundred Days&#8217; Reform<\/a> (\u620a\u620c\u53d8\u6cd5) <\/strong>\u2014<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>A failed Qing Dynasty reform movement by the Guangxu Emperor, quashed by a coup carried out by supporters of the Empress Dowager Cixi.<\/li>\n<li><strong>35th year of a 60 year cycle; abbreviation for Hundred Days Reform (\u620a\u620c)<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=76iaHYL5VWw\">Another 500 Years for Heaven<\/a> (\u5411\u5929\u518d\u501f\u4e94\u767e\u5e74)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Theme song for the CCTV series <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0331137\/\">Kangxi Dynasty<\/a> (\u5eb7\u7199\u738b\u671d), often used by netizens to mock leaders who grasp for power, particularly the line &#8220;I really want to live another 500 years&#8221; (\u6211\u771f\u7684\u8fd8\u60f3\u518d\u6d3b\u4e94\u767e\u5e74).<\/li>\n<li><strong>I&#8217;m willing to be a vegetarian for the rest of my life (\u4fe1\u5973\u613f\u4e00\u751f\u5403\u7d20)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Allusion to a meme inspired by the popular historical drama Empresses in the Palace (\u7504\u5b1b\u4f20). A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/WLYeung\/status\/967994591990312960&sa=D&ust=1519688560695000&usg=AFQjCNEENgnu_E19LUH2YppZ3Q6T605ugA\">screenshot of this line<\/a>, being said by an empress as she makes the Buddhist pledge for lifelong vegetarianism in return for the imminent death of the emperor, has been shared online.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Animal Farm (\u52a8\u7269\u5e84\u56ed)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>N <\/strong>\u2014\u00a0While the letter &#8220;N&#8221; was temporarily blocked from being posted, as of 14:27 PST on February 26, it was no longer banned. At Language Log, <a href=\"http:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=36939&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter\">Victor Mair speculates<\/a> that this term was blocked &#8220;probably out of fear on the part of the government that &#8220;N&#8221; = <em>&#8220;n<\/em> terms in office&#8221;, where possibly\u00a0<em>n<\/em>\u00a0&gt; 2.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>for life system\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(<\/strong><strong>\u7ec8\u8eab\u5236)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>emigrate (\u79fb\u6c11)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Following the news, <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2018\/02\/%E3%80%90%E5%9B%BE%E8%AF%B4%E5%A4%A9%E6%9C%9D%E3%80%91%E5%88%AB%E4%BA%BA%E8%83%BD%E6%94%B9%E5%AE%AA%E6%B3%95%EF%BC%8C%E4%BD%A0%E8%BF%9E%E4%B8%AA%E5%A4%B4%E5%83%8F%E9%83%BD%E4%B8%8D%E8%83%BD%E6%94%B9\/\">Baidu searches for the word reportedly saw a massive spike<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Xi JinP (\u4e60\u8fd1P)\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>disagree (\u4e0d\u540c\u610f)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>incapable ruler (\u660f\u541b)<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhang_Xun\">Zhang Xun<\/a> (\u5f20\u52cb)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 A Qing loyalist and supporter of Yuan Shikai who in 1917 attempted to restore the abdicated Qing Emperor Puyi.<\/li>\n<li><strong>take the <a href=\"https:\/\/cpianalysis.org\/2015\/07\/22\/imperial-yellow-a-costume-colour-at-the-top-of-the-social-hierarchy\/\">yellow gown<\/a> (\u9ec4\u888d\u52a0\u8eab)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Yuan Big Head (\u8881\u5927\u5934)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yuan_Shikai#\/media\/File:CHINE,_1_Yuan_%C3%A0_l%27effigie_du_Pr%C3%A9sident_Yuan_Shikai.jpg\">silver dollar bearing Yuan Shikai&#8217;s face<\/a> that became the staple Chinese currency in the early half of the 20th century.<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>1984<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Winnie the Pooh (\u5c0f\u718a\u7ef4\u5c3c)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Images of <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/06\/drawing-the-news-silly-old-bear\/\">Winnie the Pooh have been used to mock Xi Jinping<\/a> since as early as 2013. The <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2017\/07\/drawing-news-xi-jinping-vs-winnie-pooh\/\">animated bear continues to be sensitive in China<\/a>. Weibo users shared a post from Disney&#8217;s official account that showed Pooh hugging a large pot of honey along with the caption &#8220;find the thing you love and stick with it.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well, at least we can look look forward to many more years of subversive Winnie the Pooh memes. Here&#39;s a retrospective from 2013 to this week: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pqgW02gTqe\">pic.twitter.com\/pqgW02gTqe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Megha Rajagopalan (@meghara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meghara\/status\/968065334279360513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>CDT Chinese editors found the <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2018\/02\/%E3%80%90%E6%95%8F%E6%84%9F%E8%AF%8D%E5%BA%93%E3%80%91%E6%90%9C%E7%B4%A2%E7%A6%81%E8%AF%8D%EF%BC%9A%E6%98%8F%E5%90%9B%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%81%E8%84%B8%E5%8D%83\/\"><strong>following terms to be blocked from searches on Weibo<\/strong><\/a>. Many of the blocked search terms are also in the above list of banned post keywords:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Xi Zedong (\u4e60\u6cfd\u4e1c)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>shameless (\u4e0d\u8981\u8138)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>go against the tide (\u5012\u884c\u9006\u65bd)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>drive backwards (\u5012\u8f66)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>I oppose (\u6211\u53cd\u5bf9)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>long live the emperor (\u543e\u7687\u4e07\u5c81)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>throughout the ages (\u5343\u79cb\u4e07\u4ee3)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>rule the world (\u4e00\u7edf\u6c5f\u6e56)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 The line &#8220;throughout the ages, unify and rule the world&#8221; (\u5343\u79cb\u4e07\u4ee3,\u00a0\u4e00\u7edf\u6c5f\u6e56) appears in Jin Yong&#8217;s martial arts novels, notably in &#8220;The Smiling, Proud Wanderer&#8221; (\u7b11\u50b2\u6c5f\u6e56), a story that has been widely adapted into television series and films. It is often used in adaptations of Jin&#8217;s stories as a slogan chanted by followers to show their loyalty to a cult-like leader.<\/li>\n<li><strong>take the <a href=\"https:\/\/cpianalysis.org\/2015\/07\/22\/imperial-yellow-a-costume-colour-at-the-top-of-the-social-hierarchy\/\">yellow gown<\/a> (\u9ec4\u888d\u52a0\u8eab)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>incapable ruler (\u660f\u541b)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ascend the throne (<strong>\u767b\u57fa)<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>named emperor (\u79f0\u5e1d)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>lifelong (\u7ec8\u8eab)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>reign title (\u5e74\u53f7)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>recover one\u2019s authority (\u590d\u8f9f)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>first year of an emperor\u2019s reign (\u5143\u5e74)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>urge a power figure to formally seize the thrown (\u529d\u8fdb)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>fengchan <\/strong><\/em><strong>(<strong>\u5c01\u7985) \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>\u2014 Ceremony used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mount-Tai\">ensure dynastic fortune in a new era<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhang_Xun\">Zhang Xun<\/a> (\u5f20\u52cb)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cai_E#Opposition_to_Yuan_Shikai\">Cai E<\/a> (\u8521\u9537)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Late Qing Dynasty warlord who established the National Protection Army to challenge Yuan Shikai&#8217;s proclamation of the Hongxian Dynasty.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yuan Shikai (\u8881\u4e16\u51ef)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Yuan Xiancheng (\u8881\u9879\u57ce) <\/strong>\u2014 Moniker for Yuan Shikai, who hailed from Xiangcheng County, Henan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hongxian (\u6d2a\u61b2)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Yuan Big Head (\u8881\u5927\u5934)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>crooked-neck tree (\u6b6a\u8116\u5b50\u6811) <\/strong>\u2014 The tree which the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chongzhen_Emperor\">Chongzhen Emperor<\/a> is believed to have hanged himself from.<\/li>\n<li><strong>immortality (\u957f\u751f\u4e0d\u8001)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>500 years (\u4e94\u767e\u5e74<\/strong><strong>\uff09<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>great men sent from heaven (\u5929\u964d\u4f1f\u4eba)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>slavery (\u5974\u96b6\u5236)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>thousands of years (\u5343\u79cb\u4e07\u8f7d)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Contact emailed me to say his Wechat account was permanently disabled because he &quot;commented on the event yesterday&quot;. Wonder how many others face the same problem.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Hancock? (@hancocktom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hancocktom\/status\/968009833801658369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At the Hong Kong Free Press, Catherine Lai notes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/2018\/02\/26\/china-censors-online-discussion-presidential-term-limit-xi-jinping-set-rule-indefinitely\/\"><strong>comments were disabled on state media Weibo posts about the proposed amendments<\/strong><\/a>, and translates a censored comment preserved at FreeWeibo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On Sina Weibo, one of the country\u2019s largest social networking sites, comment sections were disabled below articles posted by state media outlets such as Xinhua, CCTV and Chinanews. Only comments selected by the People\u2019s Daily account could be viewed below its article on the constitution reforms.<\/p>\n<p>The suggested changes triggered posts comparing the president to Yuan Shikai, who became the first president of the newly-formed Republic of China in 1912 and is known for attempting to declare himself emperor.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]\u00a0The top search terms on FreeWeibo, a site that preserves censored Weibo posts, on Monday morning included \u201cascend the throne,\u201d \u201cconstitutional amendment,\u201d \u201cWinnie,\u201d and \u201cYuan Shikai.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night I had a dream that we had returned to the republic, and Yuan Shikai declared himself emperor,\u201d one censored post said. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/2018\/02\/26\/china-censors-online-discussion-presidential-term-limit-xi-jinping-set-rule-indefinitely\/\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The BBC translates a few<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-43198404\"><strong> additional comments archived by FreeWeibo<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">&#8220;It took over 100 years to overthrow imperialism, and 40 years of reform and opening up, we cannot return to this type of system.&#8221; &#8211; User &#8216;<a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/freeweibo.com\/en\/weibo\/4211392871943121\">Jianyuan Shunshui<\/a>&#8216;<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">&#8220;One of the reasons why a tenure limit is so valuable and adopted by most countries is that we need fresh blood to maintain the balance of different peoples&#8217; opinions.&#8221; &#8211; &#8216;<a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/freeweibo.com\/en\/weibo\/4211428753148392\">Renzituo 2hao<\/a>&#8216; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-43198404\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At What&#8217;s on Weibo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsonweibo.com\/xi-jinping-can-now-stay-office-second-term-weibo-responds\/\"><strong>Manya Koetse translates early WeChat and Weibo comments<\/strong><\/a>, noting one audacious netizen&#8217;s continued attempt to make their opinion public:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The news caused consternation on Weibo and in WeChat circles, where it was received with much apprehension; some called the idea of Xi\u2019s potential indefinite rule \u201cscary.\u201d \u201cOur emperor has received the Mandate of Heaven, so we have to kneel and accept,\u201d a person on Weibo said. Others mentioned the North Korean regime and Napoleon in discussions on the constitutional change.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]\u00a0\u201cOur emperor has received the Mandate of Heaven, so we have to kneel and accept,\u201d a person on Weibo said. Others mentioned the North Korean regime and Napoleon in discussions on the constitutional change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve posted this before but it was censored within 13 minutes so I will post it again,\u201d one micro-blogger wrote: \u201cI oppose to the amendment of the \u2018no more than two consecutive terms of office\u2019 as addressed in the third section of Article 79 of the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;] By Sunday evening around 22:00 (Beijing time), various terms relating to the proposed amendment change, such as \u201ctwo-term limit\u201d or \u201ccontinued rule\u201d had become non-searchable on Weibo. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsonweibo.com\/xi-jinping-can-now-stay-office-second-term-weibo-responds\/\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Reuters&#8217; Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina report on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-politics\/china-pushes-back-against-criticism-of-plan-for-xi-to-stay-in-power-idUSKCN1GA040\"><strong>widespread opposition to the announced amendment on social media, and round-up state media&#8217;s claim of a generally positive public reaction to the news<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>China\u2019s plan for President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely has sparked social media opposition, drawing comparisons to North Korea\u2019s ruling dynasty and prompting a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist to accuse it of creating a dictator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">[&#8230;] \u201cArgh, we\u2019re going to become North Korea,\u201d wrote one Weibo user, where the Kim dynasty has ruled since the late 1940s. Kim Il Sung founded North Korea in 1948 and his family has ruled it ever since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201dWe\u2019re following the example of our neighbour,\u2019 wrote another user.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">[&#8230;] The party\u2019s official People\u2019s Daily reprinted a long article by Xinhua news agency saying most people supported the constitutional amendments, quoting a variety of people proffering support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe broad part of officials and the masses say that they hoped this constitutional reform is passed,\u201d it wrote. [&#8230;] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-politics\/china-pushes-back-against-criticism-of-plan-for-xi-to-stay-in-power-idUSKCN1GA040\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Covering censors reactions to the social media outcry, Financial Times&#8217; Yuan Yang quotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/fbc63376-1ab2-11e8-aaca-4574d7dabfb6\">CDT founder Xiao Qiang on the sensitive words related to the proposed amendment<\/a>: &#8220;Censored terms are the best evidence for what people are talking a lot about. 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Those Chinese internet users looking for ways to emigrate surely know in their bones what Jerome Cohen, a Chinese legal expert and New York University professor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeromecohen.net\/jerrys-blog\/china-is-likely-to-enter-another-long-period-of-severe-dictatorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in a blog post yesterday<\/a>: \u2018The Chinese Communist Party\u2019s proposed abolition of China\u2019s presidential term limit means that it has forgotten one of the main lessons of Mao\u2019s long despotism. [The two-term limit\u2019s] abolition signals the likelihood of another long period of severe repression.\u2019 He goes on: \u2018It will enable [Xi] to move more boldly and increases the risk of his acting arbitrarily and perhaps mistakenly in international relations.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the geopolitical risks, it pays to consider this censorship spree as an object lesson in how arbitrary the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s restrictions on free speech can be, and how readily the party can overreach.<\/p>\n<p>Readers may well shrug their shoulders and ask what this has to do with them. So let\u2019s be clear: China\u2019s censorship apparatus is no longer just a boutique concern of China-watchers; it affects all of us.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;] To what extent are our own companies, politicians, journalists and academics already self-censoring for fear of offending Xi\u2019s China? 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