MCLC: China Digital Times, July 18, 2014

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Anne Henochowicz <anne at chinadigitaltimes.net>
Subject: China Digital Times, July 18, 2014
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This Week on CDT, July 18, 2014
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/07/week-cdt-july-18-2014/

July 18, 2014 11:49 AM
Posted By: Meredith Godwin

Former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Guo Boxiong may be
under investigation for graft; the story is so hot that simply writing the
man¹s name will disappear a Weibo post. As one user demonstrates: ³I¹m
going to try posting this: GUO BO XIONG. Let¹s see if it gets deleted.² It
was.

Another official hounded by corruption rumors has defenders in high
places. Censorship instructions leaked online instruct media outlets to
republish a story about former Politburo Standing Committee member Jia
Qinglin¹s visit to Longevity Mountain. The resulting photo opportunity
seems designed to disprove rumors of an investigation.

Haimen, a township in Guangdong Province, was the site of protests on July
10. Residents concerned about health risks tried to prevent China Huaneng
Group from building a second coal-burning power plant in the area. Words
related to the protest activity are blocked on Weibo.

The Internet is abuzz with speculation that a Party member and soprano in
the PLA navy is under investigation for misappropriating military funds.
The rumor itself is powerful enough to have moved Sina to block a number
of related keywords from Weibo search results.

Finally, the man who ostensibly ³represents all of Asia² was detained this
week amid a corruption scandal. Rui Chenggang, or ³Representative Rui,² is
CDT¹s Man of the Week.