May 10, 2013

New York Times Cites China Digital Times's Documentation of Chinese Censorship

From The New York Times

Woman Is Arrested in Rape Rumor That Ignited Beijing Protest

The Beijing police have arrested a woman for spreading online rumors in connection with the death of a migrant worker that touched off a rare protest in the Chinese capital on Wednesday, state-run media reported on Friday....

The large, unruly demonstration near the heart of Chinese political power set off a rapid response from online censors, who blocked search terms that included Ms. Yuan’s name and the name of the mall. A Beijing propaganda directive instructed microblogs to carry only the official police posts on the case and remove other comments, according to China Digital Times, a Web site affiliated with [the School of Information at] the University of California, Berkeley, that covers Chinese media....

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