Fei Chang Dao

These screenshots show that on May 27, 2015, Baidu and Sina Weibo began censoring search results for “Dai Jianyong” (戴建勇). According to an image of a detention notice for Dai Jianyong posted on Sina Weibo before the censorship began (see below), he was detained under Article 20 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法). That article states: The intermediate people’s courts have jurisdiction as courts of first instance over the following criminal cases: (1) cases endangering state security or involving terrorist activities; (2) cases punishable by life imprisonment or death.  中级人民法院管辖下列第一审刑事案件： （一）危害国家安全、恐怖活动案件； （二）可能判处无期徒刑、死刑的案件。

These screenshots show that on May 28, 2015, Baidu began censoring search results for “Joint Open Letter to Students in Mainland China on the 26th Anniversary” (二十六周年致国内同学公开信签名联署). For context, see yesterday's post - "Global Times Deletes Own Article About June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Incident":  http://blog.feichangdao.com/2015/05/global-times-deletes-own-article-about.html .

On May 25, 2015, the state sponsored Global Times published an editorial in English (“ Hostile Forces Target Younger Generation ”) and Chinese (“Hostile Overseas Forces Scheme to Incite the Post 80’s and Post 90’s Generations” - 境外势力试图煽动八零后九零后 ). Some excerpts: Eleven Chinese students born in the 1980s or 1990s and studying in the US recently signed an open letter to their counterparts in the mainland. The letter carries their extreme views on the 1989 Tiananmen incident in the tone that used to be adopted by much older pro-democracy activists. It harshly attacked the current Chinese regime, twisting the facts of 26 years ago with narratives of some overseas hostile forces.  The open letter claimed that the post-1980s and post-1990s generations in the mainland have been fooled and they couldn't get to know the "truth" of the 1989 Tiananmen incident until they moved abroad to study, where they can get unlimited access to the Internet. However, it's well-known that

On May 14, 2015, the state sponsored Global Times published an editorial entitled " Success of Wang’s Wanda Brings Fashion Culture to Inland Cities "( 王健林的市场宣示但愿西媒听得懂 ). Some excerpts:  Wang Jianlin, chairman of Dalian Wanda Group, recently gave some long replies over certain public concerns in an interview with The Beijing News. Since Wang won the title of both "China's richest man" and "the wealthiest man in Asia" this year, he, his family, and his Wanda Group have come increasingly into the spotlight of public opinion. Some influential foreign media even described the rise of Wang and Wanda as a result of his "high-level network." Wang didn't respond to the interpretation made by Western media. But he has reaffirmed for quite a lot of times in public that Wanda Group has been operating under the doctrine of "stay close to the government and distant from politics."   万达董事长王健林近日接受《新京报》采访，围绕公众关心的问题做了长篇回答。由于今年以来王健林先后摘得“中国首

On May 25, 2015, the print edition of the People’s Daily published an article entitled “Internet User ’Super Vulgar Butcher’ Wu Gan Subjected to Administrative Detention for Disturbing a Work Unit’s Order and Publicly Insulting Others” ( 因扰乱单位秩序、公然侮辱他人 网民“超级低俗屠夫”吴淦被行政拘留 ). Some excerpts: At approximately 9:00 am on the 19th, Wu Gan once again came to the courthouse entrance, and continued to loudly insult court officials, and produced insulting banners that had been prepared ahead of time in preparation of displaying them in front of courthouse entrance. Court police attempted to dissuade him several times, but Wu Gan refused to cease shouting curses and insults.  19日上午9时许，吴淦再次来到法院门口，继续高声辱骂该院负责人，并摆放事先制作好的带有侮辱性质的广告牌，准备在法院门口摆设灵堂。法警多次对其进行劝阻，但吴淦拒绝停止叫骂和侮辱行为。 These screenshots show that on May 21, 2015, Sina Weibo began censoring searches for "The Butcher was taken by police from the Jiangxi High Court" (屠夫在江西高院被警察带走). This image shows a document dated May 19, 2015 stati

Hu Xijin on the cover of his book: "Complicated China." On May 23, 2015, the following posts appeared on the verified personal Sina Weibo of Hu Xijin (胡锡进), editor-in-chief of the state sponsored Global Times: 8:46 am Without those such as Liu, Ai, & Pu, China would be North Korea. Without the forces restraining those people, China would be Egypt, the Ukraine. Without certain external pressures, China might stagnate. Without the state's ability to restrain and master its political conflicts, China would inevitably fall apart. Complementary forces are molding and pushing China, and if these complementary forces can ultimately follow the example of the last 30 years, then it can only be for the greatest good of China. Some people don't understand this sort of talk, but this is the logic by which society progresses.  没有刘、艾、浦等，中国就是朝鲜。没有制约他们的力量，中国就是埃及、乌克兰。没有来自外部的一些压力，中国可能停滞。没有国家的抵制能力和政治上的对立自主，中国必将溃散。合力在塑造、推动中国，合力的最终方向如这三十几年的样子，实乃中国之大幸。一些人听不懂这些话，但社会在按这个逻辑前进。

On May 19, 2015, the state sponsored Global Times published an article entitled “ Sichuan County Denies Protestors Killed .” Some excerpts: The local government of Linshui in Southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday denied violently repressing its residents, who took to the streets to demand a regional railway pass through their county.   Thousands of residents in Linshui county gathered in Saturday morning and marched on the streets for several hours, demanding the planned railway linking Dazhou, Sichuan to Chongqing municipality pass through Linshui instead of the neighboring city of Guang'an. Linshui authorities published a statement on their website Monday, saying that there were no deaths in the protest despite some 30 police officers and 38 residents being injured, refuting media reports saying that four people allegedly died and more than 100 were injured. This screenshot was taken on May 17, 2015, and shows that Sina Weibo was censoring search results for “Li

On May 5, 2015, the Cyberspace Administration of China (国家网信办) published the following “List of News Organizations Authorized to Provide Websites for Reposting News” (可供网站转载新闻的新闻单位名单). Source:  http://www.cac.gov.cn/2015-05/05/c_1115179188.htm