Fei Chang Dao

On October 29, 2013, the state sponsored Southern Group published an article on its web site entitled "Beijing Police Issue APB In Connection With Jeep That Crashed Into Tiananmen's Jinshui Bridge" ( 北京警方就吉普车冲撞天安门金水桥事件发出摸排通知 ). Some excerpts: Image of Police Notice Following an incident in Beijing where a Jeep crashed into Tiananmen's Jinshui Bridge, on October 29 authorities rapidly dealt with the matter and on the 29th issued a bulletin asking the public to provide information on two Uighurs. . . . . Hotel employees received a document from Beijing's public security unit entitled "Notice Regarding the Immediate Launch of Search for Illegal Vehicles," which noted that a major incident had occured in Beijing, and asking for information regarding two Uighurs, saying they were residents of Shanshan county and Pi Shan county in Xinjiang, and the suspect cars were light colored SUVs, and that four of the vehicles had Xinjiang license plates. The no

On the afternoon of October 28, 2013, China's official news agency Xinhua published an article entitled " Three Die After Car Crash at Tian'anmen ." Some excerpts: A driver and two passengers were killed after a jeep crashed into a crowd of people and caught fire in front of the Tian'anmen rostrum in downtown Beijing on Monday, police said.  Eleven tourists and police officers were also injured by the jeep, which crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge on the moat of the Forbidden City before bursting into flames at 12:05 p.m., according to municipal police and Beijing Emergency Medical Center. Several state sponsored media outlets published a Chinese language report entitled "Car Catches on Fire and Spread Thick Smoke" (天安门前一车辆着火冒出浓烟). These screenshots show the report was deleted from the china.com web site. Original URL:  http://news.china.com/domestic/945/20131028/18113545.html Where reports were not deleted entirely, they were somet

On October 25, 2013, Emily Chang tweeted : Just did a wide-ranging interview with Baidu CEO Robin Li who says he watches @BloombergWest in China every day! This screenshot was taken on October 25, and shows that a search for Bloomberg's web site on Baidu returned no results. On the afternoon of June 29, 2012, Bloomberg's Businessweek published an article entitled " Xi Jinping Millionaire Relations Reveal Fortunes of Elite ." Within hours of that article's publication China's web sites began censoring Bloomberg. For details see: http://blog.feichangdao.com/2013/01/2012-in-review-10-examples-of-free.html This screenshot was taken on October 25, 2013, and shows that a search for the title of that article on Baidu still returns no results, just a censorship notice. All of China's major search engines also continue to censor searches for Bloomberg's web site and the title of that article.

On October 24, 2013, the state sponsored China Central Television published an article on its web site entitled " China Undergoes Second UN Human Rights Review ." Some excerpts: "Our whole country is now trying to realize the Chinese Dream. It is a dream in which the Chinese people pursue and enjoy a happy life. It is also a dream of human rights. With the realization of the Chinese dream, the human rights cause in China will witness even greater achievements." Wu Hailong, special envoy of Chinese Foreign Ministry, said.  Meanwhile, some western countries have accused China of what they called mass detentions, curbing Internet freedom and suppressing ethnic minorities.  In response, China said it was willing to work with other countries on human rights but firmly opposed those kinds of biased and malicious criticisms. These screenshots were taken on October 23, and show that Baidu had banned users from setting up forums on its PostBar (贴吧 Tieba) to discuss h

On December 24, 2012, China's official news agency Xinhua published an article from Xinhua entitled " Xi Photos Show Growth, Career, Family ." Some excerpts: A picture taken in August 1987 shows Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan posing in front of a temple on Dongshan Island in Fujian. Peng, a celebrated soprano, has described her husband as a "responsible" husband and father. She said Xi likes swimming and mountain climbing, and sometimes stays up late to watch televised sports games. The couple have a daughter named Xi Mingze, whom they hope will live an honest life and make a contribution to society. A young Mingze, in one of the photos, is taken by her joyous father on the back seat of a bicycle when Xi worked in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian. These screenshots show that, at some time between late June and mid August, 2013, Baidu stopped completely censoring search results for "Xi Mingze" (习明泽), and is instead only restricting search results to a bro

Beijing Times Article On October 18, 2013, the state sponsored Beijing Times published an article entitled "Cartoonist 'Rebel Pepper' Police Summons Supposedly Related to His Reposting Information on Yuyao Infant Starving to Death - Left Police Station After 7 PM Yesterday" ( 漫画家“变态辣椒”被北京警方传唤疑和传播余姚婴儿被饿死有关 昨晚7点多离开派出所 ). Some excerpts: Shortly after 11 pm night-before-last, cartoonist Wang Liming (known online as "Rebel Pepper") was summoned by police from his home to appear at the Jiangtai Police Station in Chaoyang District. After almost 24 hours of inquiry police confirmed that his Weibo post regarding Yuyao floods were factually false but without malice, and allowed him to leave after 7 pm last night. . . . . Based on inquiries by the Beijing Times, the Weibo in question that Rebel Pepper posted at 12:12 am on the morning of the 13th has already been deleted, and at 12:30 pm on the 14th the Yuyao Communist Party Propaganda Department posted a noti

Images From Deleted Sina Weibo Post On October 16, 2013, the state sponsored Global Times published an English language article entitled " Official Calls for Restraint in Yuyao ." Some excepts: Cai Qi, head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Zhejiang Provincial Committee, called for residents in Yuyao to restrain from radical acts on his Tencent Weibo account Tuesday, saying that local government officials have been trying their best in disaster relief.  Many residents in Yuyao also called for rational reflection on the city's disaster warning and emergency response system instead of blind protest on Tuesday, while thousands of people gathered to criticize the government's ineffectiveness in the disaster relief work following Typhoon Fitow brought severe flood to the city.  The rally, organized by some residents through Weibo, text messages and WeChat, began early Tuesday morning in front of the city's government building. T

Li Xiaolin's Denial Posted on China Power's Sina Weibo On October 13, 2013, China's official news agency Xinhua published an article entitled "Li Xiaolin Responds to 'Suspicious Insurance Deals': Malicious Defamation" ( 李小琳回应“涉保险交易”报道：恶意中伤 ). Some excerpts: Li Xiaolin was born in 1961, and received a Masters degree in power system and automation from Tsinghua University in 1988, and was a visiting scholar at the Sloan Business School of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. In 2008 she became Chairperson of China Power. . . . . According to overseas media, China Power International Chairperson Li Xiaolin was involved with a transaction getting foreign investment into China's insurance industry. On the evening of October 11 China Power posted an announcement on its official Sina Weibo stating that Li Xiaolin had never had any engagement with any insurance company, and the rumors posted online regarding suspected insurance