Sina Weibo – analogue of the well-known Twitter.
Twitter-like Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo now blocks all mentions of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
Censorship imposed after a meeting of U.S. President Donald trump with Putin during the G20 summit in Hamburg.
Now any mention of Putin in Weibo users who have more than thousand subscribers, it displays the message: “Comments to this post forbidden.” While trump and the other leaders of the Big twenty you can criticize.
It is noted that the Russian President was the only world leader who received such a “privilege.”
“People can’t say anything bad about Putin, as it is impossible to have a discussion online on issues which may be sensitive for Beijing,” – said a Chinese journalist Cai Chengkun.
This step is designed to provide the Russian leader protection from criticism of the society, confirms the current “Golden period” of Chinese-Russian relations, noted in the article.
After the introduction against Russia of international sanctions, Chinese companies have been actively buying large stakes in the ownership structure of the Russian strategic enterprises.
Official Beijing also does not exclude the possibility of colonization of the Russian Far East. 2014 Vice President of China Lee Wangchen offered to settle in this region the most industrious in the world of the Chinese people.”
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