MCLC: China Digital Times (March 7)

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Anne Henochowicz <anne at chinadigitaltimes.net>
Subject: China Digital Times (March 7)
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Source: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/03/week-cdt-march-7-2014/

This Week on China Digital Times
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/03/week-cdt-march-7-2014/

For those that watched the second season of the Netflix series House of
Cards, you know China figures prominently in the plot. This week, CDT
cartoonist Badiucao renders a spinoff, China's House of Cards, starring
Chinese political titans of the last thirty years.

China's annual "Two Sessions" opened on Wednesday and government
authorities reminded media outlets which news stories are off-limits.

In the wake of the attack at the Kunming Railway Station on March 1st,
some Chinese netizens are injecting greater tolerance into online
discussions by way of personal anecdotes. Others cite inherent
contradictions in labeling the attackers as "Xinjiang's terrorists." Read
their comments, translated by CDT staff, in this week's Netizen Voices.

Online discussion of the attack in Kunming also prompted censors to block
several search terms on Sina Weibo, see this week's Sensitive Words.

Chinese netizens speculate about the identity of a "certain retired
leader," under investigation for graft at the state-owned China Three
Gorges Corporation. For more on the anti-corruption crackdown, see
President Xi Jinping's campaign against "tigers" and "flies" and Premier
Li Keqiang's newly unveiled anti-corruption measures.

Thanks,
Anne