Sensitive Words: The Romance Is Over
As of March 19, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Leadership Transition: • Tao-Bao (涛宝): Playing on the name of the online shopping...
View ArticleSensitive Words: Protests, Arrests, and More
As of April 29, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). The “Nine Gentlemen”: Nine activists were arrested last week after demanding that...
View ArticleSensitive Words: Poison, Environmental Protests
As of May 3, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Shanghai resident’s are protesting a new lithium ion battery factory. Factory Protest...
View ArticleProtesters in Kunming and Chengdu Fight Pollution
On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered in Kunming, Yunnan to protest plans by China National Petroleum Corporation to build a plant in a nearby town which would produce the hazardous chemical...
View ArticleAnatomy of Two Protests: Kunming vs. Chengdu
East by Southeast, a new group blog on “China’s footprint in Southeast Asia and […] the big questions surrounding China’s global rise“, has posted a detailed account of Saturday’s peaceful PX protests...
View ArticleCreator of White House Petition Visited by Police
Chinese netizens have recently discovered the public petition system on the White House website, and several petitions created by Chinese citizens have gone viral, notably one calling for an...
View ArticlePeople’s Daily Says PX No More Harmful Than Coffee
Following a series of anti-paraxylene (PX) demonstrations across China, including recent episodes in Kunming and Chengdu, People’s Daily declared on Monday that the petrochemical is no more...
View ArticleWill the Public Be Persuaded That PX Is Safe?
The week before last month’s explosion at a Zhangzhou PX plant, a Southern Weekly article [zh] now adapted at chinadialogue explained how the plant became a model for efforts to win public acceptance...
View ArticleEnvironmental Transparency in China Still Lacking
At Marketplace, Rob Schmitz reports police obstruction and intimidation in Chengdu, where he was following up on major (and unsuccessful) protests last year against a planned PX plant. Last year, many...
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