MCLC: Utopia shut down

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: Utopia shut down
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Source: Danwei.com (4/6/12):
http://www.danwei.com/utopia-maoist-discussion-forum-shut-down-for-a-month/

The following notice was posted to the Utopia website (乌有之乡
<http://www.wyzxsx.com/>), a popular leftist, nationalist discussion forum.

This morning, the Ninth Bureau of the State Council Information Office,
the Beijing Municipal Network Management Office, and the Beijing Municipal
PSB Network Security Corps told our website maintainers that the Utopia
website had published articles that violated the constitution, maliciously
attacked state leaders, and speculatated wildly about the 18th Party
Congress. Acting jointly, the three agencies requested that the website
shut down for a self-inspection beginning from noon on April 6, 2012, to
be brought back online after an examination was passed. Our maintainers
asked for a list of articles that went against the constitution and said
we would cooperate to deal with them. They did not have any specific
articles or evidence. In the end, the conversation terminated.

For updates about the website, please follow Utopia on Sina Weibo:
weibo.com/wyzxwyzx <http://weibo.com/wyzxwyzx>
Utopia Website
2012.4.6

Utopia had previously been taken down for several days after Bo Xilai’s
dismissal. The site had been an enthusiastic supporter of Bo’s crackdown
on organized crime in Chongqing and the “red revival” he championed.

The notice <http://www.danwei.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/wyzxsx1.png>
has since been taken down, and the Utopia home page now reads: “Website
under maintenance…”