MCLC: China Digital Times, April 3

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Anne Henochowicz <anne at chinadigitaltimes.net>
Subject: China Digital Times, April 3
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This Week on China Digital Times, April 3, 2014

http://bit.ly/1jaK7jw

April 3, 2014 7:14 PM
Meredith Godwin

Coverage of President Xi Jinping¹s Europe trip is subject to censorship by
the State Council Information Office. According to a recent directive from
that office, ³all websites must promptly republish Xinhua wire copy, and
interactive platforms must take care to control negative commentary.²

Censors thwart Weibo users who search for information about captured
³tigers,² or officials facing corruption charges. Search terms blocked on
Weibo include: ³Three Gorges + tiger² and ³electric power + tiger,² terms
that refer to the dismissal of the Three Gorges Dam chairman of the board
and president.

Protests against a proposed paraxylene (PX) plant in Maoming, Guangdong
Province may have turned violent according to online accounts. The
Guangdong Propaganda Department isn¹t willing to risk the protests¹
spread, alerting websites to ³take care to delete all calls for protest in
Guangdong.²

This week¹s Slogan of the Week: smog the people, is derived from Mao¹s
slogan ³serve the people.² It¹s doubtful that Mao could foresee that his
motto would be recast in the 21st century to depict China¹s environmental
crisis.