A number of Chinese military media outlets have been blocked one after another recently, according to the Central News Agency on Thursday. Many Chinese netizens lamented the tightening of speech again, but others thought the authorities were preventing leaks and eliminating “patriotic rumors.
According to reports, the blocking began on March 22, when China’s large military forum “Super Base Camp” suddenly announced that it would permanently shut down four discussion boards, including the navy, air force, army, aerospace and new concept weapons, from the early hours of March 23, effectively shutting down the military equipment discussion board.
Subsequently, “Sina Military”, “military military” and other military WeChat public numbers were also recently shut down for “violations”, and even WeChat’s parent company Tencent’s QQ.com military channel Even the WeChat public WeChat number “Talking about the military” was not spared. Among them, “military military sub-levels” has not been unblocked so far.
Many Chinese netizens have commented on Weibo about the shutdown of current affairs and military forums and self-published media, lamenting the tightening of restrictions on speech, although some have pointed out that it is likely due to the authorities’ efforts to prevent leaks.
In addition, some Chinese netizens pointed out that such self-published media often “create patriotic rumors” to incite netizens’ emotions, resulting in the “war wolf sentiment” being amplified by overseas reports, “making it more difficult to handle foreign affairs, and finally being focused on once “Finally, it has been centrally managed.
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