Fei Chang Dao

As noted previously on this blog, on July 9, 2015, Wang Yu was taken from her home, on July 11 Chinese police announced they had arrested Wang Yu, and on July 14 Baidu began censoring searches for "Lawyer Wang Yu." See: http://blog.feichangdao.com/2015/07/baidu-censors-attorney-wang-yu-lawyer.html One month before she was taken into detention, on June 11, 2015, the Chinese government's official news agency Xinhua published two articles criticizing attorney Wang Yu in connection with an event that had taken place in 2008. The anonymous articles described Wang Yu as "arrogant," "unreasonable," and a "shrew." "Woman Lawyer" Wang Yu Beat a Man Deaf and Was Sentenced, But Refuses to Comply with the Judgment and Still Runs Around '"Making a Living" ( "女律师"王宇打人致聋被判刑 拒不执行判决仍四处"接活" ) Woman Injures Two People and Keeps Collecting Salary While Serving Sentence, After Release Works as a Fake Lawyer (

On July 9, 2015, a Twitter user posted the following: Someone is prying open the door at lawyer Wang Yu's home, and the power has been cut. Her husband and son are not home. Wang Yu has been accepting sensitive cases for several years. She was the attorney in the Jiansan River Case, the Fanmugen Case, and the recent Butcher Case, and the authorities have had their eye on her! The government media outlets will be soon be mobilized to smear her name! I hope people are paying attention! 王宇律师@wangyuLawer 家现有人撬门，家里被断电。老公儿子都不在家。王宇律师近年一直接一些敏感案件，建三江案，范木根案，这次屠夫案也是她在代理，被当局视为眼中钉。不惜动用部级单位媒体来打压抹黑她！望大家关注！ On July 10, 2015, the following announcement appeared on the Twitter account of Telegram Messenger: At 11:09 pm on July 11, 2015, the Ministry of Public Security published the following announcement on its official " Strike the Four Evils, Eliminate the Four Harms " Sina Weibo: [Ministry of Public Security Uncovers "Rights Defense" Plot] Over the past few day

On May 19, 2015 Wu Gan" (吴淦) was ordered held in administrative detention for 10 days on the grounds that he violated clauses 1 and 2 of Article 23 of the Public Security Administration Punishments Law (中华人民共和国治安管理处罚法), which make it illegal to: disturb the order of government departments, public organizations, enterprises or institutions, thus making it impossible for work, production, business operation, medical care, teaching or scientific research to go on normally but not having caused serious losses;  disturb the public order at stations, ports, wharves, airports, department stores, parks, exhibition halls or other public places. Among Wu Gan’s actions cited in the sentencing document was his “insulting the head of this court, Zhang Zhonghou.” (辱骂该院院长张忠厚). On May 27, Wu Gan, who often uses the online name "Super Vulgar Butcher," was formally arrested by Fujian police. China's search engines and social media censored search results about Wu Gan and re

 Related posts: Wu Gan Jailed for Insulting Judge, Baidu and Sina Weibo Censor Search Results for "Wu Gan" Sina Weibo Begins Censoring Names of Lawyers Wang Yu and Li Heping Sina Weibo Hides Censorship of Lawyers Being "Disappeared" on "Black Friday" Sina Weibo Censors "Lawyer Chang Boyang" and "Lawyer Jiang Tianyong" Chinese Police "Smash" "Criminal Gang" of "Rights Defense" Lawyers For "Hyping" On July 14, 2015, the state sponsored Global Times published an editorial entitled " US Sings Old Tune Over Radical Lawyers " ( 拘留滋事律师，美国反应可以藐视 ). Some excerpts: The US State Department Sunday made a high-profile intervention over China's recent detention of "rights protection" lawyers who are suspected of committing crimes. It accused China of having "systematically detained individuals who share the common attribute of peacefully defending the rights of others.&q

Related posts: Sina Weibo Begins Censoring Names of Lawyers Wang Yu and Li Heping Sina Weibo Hides Censorship of Lawyers Being "Disappeared" on "Black Friday" Sina Weibo Censors "Lawyer Chang Boyang" and "Lawyer Jiang Tianyong" These screenshots were taken on July 12, 2015, and show that Sina Weibo was censoring search results for “Rights Defense Lawyers,” and that Baidu had banned users of its PostBar (Tieba 贴吧) service from establishing a forum on the topic of “Rights Defense Lawyers.” At 11:09 pm on July 11, 2015, the Ministry of Public Security published the following announcement on its official " Strike the Four Evils, Eliminate the Four Harms " Sina Weibo: [Ministry of Public Security Uncovers "Rights Defense" Plot] Over the past few days, the Ministry of Public Security has directed law enforcement agencies in Beijing elsewhere in a coordinated action to smash major criminal gang that used the Beijing Fen

Related posts: Sina Weibo Begins Censoring Names of Lawyers Wang Yu and Li Heping Sina Weibo Hides Censorship of Lawyers Being "Disappeared" on "Black Friday" These screenshots show that on July 11, 2015, Sina Weibo began censoring search results for “Lawyer Chang Boyang” (常伯阳律师) and “Lawyer Jiang Tianyong” (江天勇律师).

On July 12, 2015, the state sponsored Global Times published an editorial entitled “ Radical Lawyers are Making a Mockery of the Profession .” Some excerpts: China's Ministry of Public Security recently cracked down on a "major criminal gang," including the Beijing Fengrui Law Firm, for creating trouble and disturbing social order. . . . . In reporting this case, the foreign media highlighted the human rights lawyers' "loss of communication" and "disappearance." But the authority responded quickly this time with detailed information. "Lawyers' disappearance" has become a term to smear China's judicial system.  As noted in this blog yesterday , on the evening of July 10, 2015, Sina Weibo began censoring search results for the names of certain Chinese lawyers. As the screenshots below show, at that time Sina Weibo began displaying a censorship notice when users searched for "Li Heping" (李和平律师).  The screenshot b

These screenshots show that on the evening of July 10, 2015, Sina Weibo began censoring search results for the names of two Beijing-based lawyers - Wang Yu (王宇律师) and Li Heping (李和平律师).

On July 2, 2015, the state sponsored China Daily published an article entitled “ Fee Cut and Margin Trading Relaxed to Save the Market .” Some excerpts: China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announced a string of supportive policies, including a 30-percent transaction fee cut and relaxation on margin trading rules, as fears grow for a market plunge. The amended rules on margin trading, whose draft were scheduled to be on public consultation till July 11, were released on Wednesday evening "in haste for special circumstances", said the securities watchdog on its official microblog weibo. Market volatility has increased over the past two weeks as investors diverge on whether A-share's year-long bull was peaked. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 5.2 percent to close at 4,053.7 on Wednesday, following its biggest swing since 1992 of 432 points. . . . . Xiao Gang, chairman of the CSRC, signed off the revised rules on Wednesday, which are effective immediat

Wang Qishan (王岐山) currently serves on China's Politburo Standing Committee. These screenshots show that on May 28, 2015 Sina Weibo began censoring search results for "Wang Qishan Morgan" (王岐山 摩根). These screenshots show that on the morning of February 1, 2013, Baidu was restricting search results for "Wang Qishan Luxury Homes" (王岐山 豪宅) to its broad white list, which comprises dozens of large China-based news web sites and web portals such as Sohu, Hexun, Phoenix, and Sina. By that afternoon, Baidu was restricting search results for the same query to its strict white list, which comprises only about one dozens web sites controlled by the central government and the Communist Party such as Xinhua and the People's Daily. The screenshot on the far right shows that when users asked Baidu to restrict the query results to Sohu, Hexun, Phoenix, or Sina, Baidu displayed no results, just a censorship notice. These screenshots, taken on February 2,  2013 show