Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Information Control (信息控制)

中国网络大V花总“被警方控制” (Another popular blogger taken away by police)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 17, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130917_china_huazong.shtml

薛蛮子央视认罪示众 网友惊叹忽如文革来 (Netizens surprised by televised confession by blogger Xue Manzi, see it as a return to the Cultural Revolution)
Voice of America, September 17, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/xuemanzi-20130916/1750546.html

中网办鼓吹收网加强三权 牢牢掌握网路舆论话语权 (State Internet Information Office vows firm control of online opinion)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/Zhongwangbanzhuasanquan-09172013072056.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

See Lu Wei’s article
鲁炜:把网上舆论工作作为宣传工作重中之重 (Lu Wei: controlling online opinion should be top priority of propaganda work)
The People’s Daily, September 17, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/m/2013-09-17/033728232935.shtml