‘Reuters reports on China’s efforts to censor its latest
Internet-born star, a young woman known as Furong
Jiejie (‘Sister Furong’). She is seen as a pioneer pushing
the boundaries of traditional media controls, but in the
process has become a target of government censors. In late
July, authorities told the country’s top weblog host to move
Furong-related content to low-profile parts of the site. Her
pictures can still be found online, but links to them and
chatrooms about her have disappeared from the front pages of
major Web portals.’
The [Chinese] government has created a special Internet police force believed responsible for shutting down domestic sites posting politically unacceptable content, blocking some foreign news sites and jailing several people for their online postings.
Bulletin boards operated by some of China’s most prestigious universities have been barred to outside users, while a number of Internet cafes and online game companies have been shut for allowing users to access pornographic, violent or otherwise off-limits content.
So far as I can tell, this website is still censored in China.
