April 20, 2021
Mr Wen Jiabao wrote an obituary-style article about his mother, who died recently.
Lianhe Zaobao
BEIJING - China s Internet companies have blocked users from sharing a lengthy article written by former premier Wen Jiabao in tribute to his late mother, in an unexplained act of censorship against a senior member of the ruling Communist Party.
The obituary-style article written by Mr Wen about his mother, who died recently, appeared in a small weekly newspaper called the Macau Herald on Friday (April 16) and was posted on a public account on Chinese chat app WeChat on Saturday, but was swiftly restricted.
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BEIJING, April 20 (Reuters) - Chinese internet firms blocked users from sharing a lengthy article written by former Premier Wen Jiabao in tribute to his late mother, censoring a senior member of the ruling Communist Party, possibly because he spoke out of line.
The obituary-style article written by Wen about his mother, who died recently, appeared in a small weekly newspaper called the Macau Herald on Friday and was posted on a public account on Chinese chat app WeChat on Saturday, but was swiftly restricted.
The heartfelt tribute includes details of Wen s mother s struggle during periods of upheaval in China, including the second Sino-Japanese War and the political purges of the Cultural Revolution.
AFP
Chinese government censors have prevented social media users from sharing an article penned by former premier Wen Jiabao that appeared to take a subtle sideswipe at ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping.
The eulogy from Wen to his mother, who died recently, was published in the
Macau Herald weekly newspaper on Friday, and has since appeared in full on the social media platform WeChat. Soon afterwards, it had been blocked from being shared or retweeted. In my mind, China should be a country full of fairness and justice, always with a respect for the will of the people, humanity, and human nature, said the last paragraph of Wen s article, which did not directly discuss China s current political environment.
Beijing censors article by former premier Wen
SHARING NOT ALLOWED: It was not clear what spurred the censors into taking action against the article, in which Wen Jiabao said China should be full of fairness and justice
Reuters, BEIJING
China’s Internet companies have blocked users from sharing a lengthy article written by former Chinese premier Wen Jiabao (溫家寶) in tribute to his late mother, in an unexplained act of censorship against a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The obituary-style article written by Wen about his mother, who died recently, appeared in a small weekly newspaper called the