A Short, Incomplete History of How China's Web Sites Handle Internet Rumors

2011 Politburo Member Visits Sina On August 22, Liu Qi (刘淇), Beijing's Party secretary and a member of the Politburo, visited Sina.com officials and said that they should “resolutely put an end to fake and misleading information.” Footage broadcast on state-run television showed Liu and dozens of officials touring Sina's offices and getting an introduction to Weibo from CEO Charles Chao. Also on hand were former Google China head Kai-Fu Lee and Beijing real estate mogul Pan Shiyi. According to the Beijing Daily article entitled "Liu Qi Survey's Sina: Operate New Weibo Technology Well, Put a Stop to False Negative Information" ( 刘淇在新浪调研:运用好微博新技术 抵制虚假消极信息 ) published the following day, Liu called on Sina to: Put an end to false harmful information, ensure the integrity of information that is published, create a healthy and improving atmosphere for online opinion, while simultaneously taking advantage of their own platform, establishing their own teams of