China's censors tested by microbloggers who keep one step ahead of state media
Posted in: Censorship at 16/04/2012 16:35
In the opaque world of Chinese censorship, a few red lines shine through the murk. One of the clearest is: no gossip about top political leaders, their families or internal party affairs.
But just as the authorities had vowed to tame China's rumbustious microblogs, they have seen an unprecedented wave of speculation and comment on the most sensitive subjects: political infighting, lurid allegations of murder and even (unfounded) claims of a coup.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/16/internet-china-censorship-weibo-microblogs
