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Baidu Doesn’t Censor Searches for “Tiananmen Massacre” On Its Japan Search Engine

Posted on 05/30/2014 by | 1 comment

Thursday, May 29, 2014
Below, the left-hand screenshot was taken on May 28, 2014, and shows that when a user in Japan searches for “Tiananmen Massacre” (天安门大屠杀) in Chinese on Baidu.com, Baidu informs them that “In accordance with relevant laws, Continue reading →

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Sensitive Words: Tiananmen, Bo Xilai, More

Posted on 05/28/2014 by | Sensitive Words: Tiananmen, Bo Xilai, More已关闭评论

As of May 22, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

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Image from “the world besieges the fortress” campaign.

Tiananmen: Some keywords related to June 4th are forever Continue reading →

Sensitive Words: Tiananmen, Bo Xilai, More已关闭评论

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Sensitive Words: May Thirty-fifth and More

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As of May 27, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

Tiananmen: More keywords blocked in relation to the approaching anniversary of June 4th. Continue reading →

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Chinese Blogger Says He Was Fired After Meeting With Kerry

Posted on 05/26/2014 by | 18 comments

By AUSTIN RAMZY MAY 26, 2014 2:42 AM

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The United States secretary of state, John Kerry, at a news conference in Beijing in February.
Pool photo by Evan Vucci
A Chinese blogger says he was fired from his job at one of China’s Continue reading →

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Tiananmen Massacre 25th anniversary: the silencing campaign

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Communist party redoubles efforts to silence any mention of Tiananmen Square in the run-up to the 25th anniversary of the bloody suppression of the student protests

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A blood-covered protestor holds a Chinese soldier’s helmet Continue reading →

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Perry Link:The Anaconda in the Chandelier-Chinese censorship today

Posted on 05/25/2014 by | 6 comments

5/27/2005

In China’s Mao years you could be detained and persecuted for talking with your neighbor about your cat. The Chinese word for “cat” (mao, high level tone) is a near-homonym for the name of the Great Leader (mao, rising tone), and a tip to the police from an eavesdropper who misheard one for the other and took you to be disrespectful could ruin your life. Continue reading →

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Zhang Jialong:Circumstances of My Dismissal from Tencent

Posted on 05/25/2014 by | 2 comments

published: May 24, 2014

 

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ZHANG JIALONG AND SECRETARY KERRY ON FEBRUARY 15, 2014.
On May 20th, I was notified by the department head at Tencent that I was being suspended, citing radical expressions I made in my meeting with the Continue reading →

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Chinese blogger ‘fired’ after John Kerry meeting

Posted on 05/25/2014 by | Chinese blogger ‘fired’ after John Kerry meeting已关闭评论

PUBLISHED : Sunday, 25 May, 2014, 10:40am

UPDATED : Sunday, 25 May, 2014, 10:40am

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Agence France-Presse in Beijing
Online activist and blogger Zhang Continue reading →

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