Monday, June 10, 2013

Peng Liyuan Takes Photo With iPhone, China's Major Web Sites Censor "Peng Liyuan iPhone"

On May 8, 2013, the web site of the state sponsored Hubei Television Broadcasting (湖北广播电视
台) published an article entitled "Peng Liyuan Suspected of Using iPhone, Obama Loves His Blackberry, Uncovering the Personal Cell Phones of the World's Presidents" (彭丽媛疑为iPhone5 奥巴马钟情黑莓 揭秘各国总统私人手机).  Peng Liyuan is the wife of PRC President Xi Jinping (习近平).

This screenshot was taken on June 10, and shows that a search for the title of the article on Baidu returns no results, just a censorship notice.
These screenshots were taken on June 10, and show that Baidu censored searches for "Peng Liyuan iPhone" (彭丽媛 iPhone), but not for "Peng Liyuan Phone" (彭丽媛 Phone).

These screenshots show that Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo censored searches for "Peng Liyuan iPhone" (彭丽媛 iPhone), but not for "Peng Liyuan" (彭丽媛).




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