Research Catalog

Title

Blocked on weibo : what gets suppressed on China's version of Twitter (and why) / Jason Q. Ng.

Author

Ng, Jason Q., 1984-

Publication

• New York : The New Press, [2013]
• ©2013

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Details

Description

xxix, 224 pages; 21 cm

Summary

Lists over one hundred words and phrases that are blocked on China's most popular social networking site, offering possible explanations as to why these terms are deemed so damaging or dangerous by the government.

Subjects

• Censorship > China
• Freedom of information > China
• Internet > Political aspects > China
• Internet > Censorship > China
• Internet searching > China

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction -- Author's Note -- 1. #government# #CCP# #politics# #nationalism# -- Jiang Zemin -- Eight Elders -- Liaison Office -- Coup d'état -- Shanghai Gang -- Operation Yellowbird -- Boycott Japanese goods / Boycott Carrefour -- Retired Emperor -- Princelings the New Left -- West Ujimqin -- Article 23 -- February Countercurrent -- Constitutional democracy -- Minority problem -- Red terror -- Snow lion flag -- New Western Hills Symposium -- The Union of Chinese Nationalists -- 2. #dissent# #censorship# #justice# -- 50 Cent Party -- The Four Gentlemen -- Over the Great Firewall -- Ultrasurf -- Combining Cyrillic Millions -- WikiLeaks -- State Council Information Office -- Democracy Wall -- Goddess of Democracy -- Pangu -- Victoria -- May 35 -- Green Dam Girl -- criminalization of speech -- constitutional court -- April 26 editorial -- Internet commentators -- Internet monitoring -- 3. #sex# #drugs# #immorality# -- One-night stand -- Rare beauty -- Partner swapping -- Sexual intercourse -- Meow / tits -- Mark Six -- Dew point -- Aphrodisiac -- Foot fetish -- Nude photograph -- Without hair -- Panty hose -- People eat people -- Lesbian -- Seven deadly sins -- Incest -- Marijuana -- Demerol -- Roofied -- Inject -- 4. #people# -- Xu Qinxian -- Jiang Yanyong -- Wen Yunsong -- Liu Binyan -- Peng Liyuan -- Fang Lizhi -- Ma Mingxin -- Liu Di -- Wu Yi -- Dinh Bo Linh -- Feng Zhenghu -- Kim Lee -- Zhang Xiaoyu -- Sun Myung Moon -- Wang Wenyi -- Fei Xiaotong -- Lei Jieqiong -- Jimmy Lai -- Milarepa -- Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme -- 5. #scandals# #disasters# #rumors# -- Downfall incident -- Wan Wuyi -- The Great Flood of August 1975 -- Obituary -- Bo Xilai -- Chen Xitong -- Mein Kampf -- Shangcai -- Unnatural death -- Rich woman -- Leave a political party -- Song Zuying -- Jinzhou Prison -- Sujiatun -- 6. #information# #media# -- Open Magazine -- Parade -- Satellite television -- Labor strike -- Organizer -- Charter -- Twitter -- Never forget -- Empty stool -- Flash mob -- "The Flower of Freedom," March Student Movement -- May Fourth Movement -- Student leader -- Dynamic China -- Radio Free Asia / Voice of America -- Independent Chinese PEN -- Boxun.com -- 7. #security# #violence# #suppression# -- Tank -- Massacre -- Eastern Lightning -- Plain clothes -- Persecution -- The September 11 attacks -- Blockade -- Machete -- Hidden microphone -- Kashi / Kashgar -- HMX -- Bloodstained housing map -- Wound -- Leak -- East Chang'an Avenue -- Sino-Russian Secret Treaty -- violent demolition -- Tibetan protest -- Cobalt-60 -- KJ 200 -- Inciting subversion . of state power -- 8. #misc# #why?# -- Hair bacon -- Calico cat -- Canadian French -- Islam -- Hoobastank -- Lucky Star -- Warlord -- Medicine patch flag -- Sky burial -- Sensitive -- Communist dog -- Dry your mother -- Zhina -- River crab -- Sacred Heart Cathedral -- Flood control monument -- Bloomberg -- CAPTCHA -- Conquered nation -- Wohler / Villar -- Supplement -- Black angel -- Color of leopard -- Chinese Words Used, English Translation, and Weibo Block Status -- Acknowledgments.

Call Number

JBD 16-138

ISBN

• 9781595588715 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 159558871X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2013010628

OCLC

807025290

Author

Ng, Jason Q., 1984-

Title

Blocked on weibo : what gets suppressed on China's version of Twitter (and why) / Jason Q. Ng.

Publisher

New York : The New Press, [2013]

Copyright Date

©2013

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Research Call Number

JBD 16-138

JFD 14-467