As recent scandals and the COVID protests demonstrated, allowing non-Party-approved news to be posted on social media is something the regime cannot tolerate.
Censorship
Censorship Frenzy: Do Not Search for “2952” in China or You Will Get Into Trouble
Xi Jinping was unanimously re-elected with 2,952 votes. But censors suspect that “2,952” is now a code word used to poke fun at the Chinese pseudo-democracy.
The Suicide of the Pink-Haired Girl: How the CCP Exploited a Tragedy
A 24-year-old student was insulted for months on social media and committed suicide. The Two Sessions’ answer: more surveillance.
Hong Kong: Christian Scholar Peng Manyuan Released but Not Rehabilitated
Released from jail after serving his sentence, his appeals to be recognized as innocent were not accepted.
Xiao Liang: Artist Arrested for Painting Portrait of Sitong Bridge Protester
Peng Lifa, who hung banners with anti-Xi-Jinping slogans on a bridge in Beijing, is in jail but remains the man the CCP is most afraid of.
New Rules on Celebrity Endorsement; It’s the Ideology, Stupid
International media have emphasized restrictions on controversial celebrities and fraud. But the regulation also deals with the ideological content of the endorsements.
Compulsory Military Education for Chinese Students
New regulations deal with teenagers from age 13, but in fact another ordinance had already extended the program to primary schools.
The Great Crackdown on the Great Translation Movement
An online group critical of the CCP emerged after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Party reacted by attacking accounts and arresting netizens.
CNKI: China Purges World’s Largest Academic Database
All its 60 million articles were pre-screened by censors. Yet, the CCP is now afraid they may be used by China’s critics.
China’s New Law Targets Those Protesting Abroad Against Chinese Sport Teams
How will exactly Beijing authorities try to enforce art. 120 of the new Sports Law? Perhaps international sport authorities will do the job for the CCP, and forbid the protests themselves.