China Unblocks Sensitive Keywords

hackingbear writes "Reports from overseas (in Chinese) [Google translation] and Hong Kong-based Chinese media report that China appears to have unblocked several sensitive political keywords. Using Baidu.com, the country's leading search engine, users within the mainland border find, in Chinese, uncensored web page links and images using keywords like Tiananmen and 'June 4'. (Readers can click on the first one to view the images.) Given that the unblocking of these sensitive keywords comes one week after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao publicly denounced left-wing leader Bo Xilai's movement of 'striking down the ganster while reviving the red culture' as going down the path of Cultural Revolution, it could signal the silent start of a major political change."

Brave, educated or foolish?

[Teun]

If this is not an error but a conscious change in policy one has to wonder whether it's a brave, educated or foolish move.

China is a vast multicultural society only held together by a sometimes ruthless dictatorship.

Releasing the reins too fast can have some very disturbing side effects.

Perhaps its an official "adjustment" on Tianamen

[voss]

Jiang Zemin was the party leader in shanghai during Tianmen who was able to stop the protests in shanghai without resorting to violence. Wen Jibao would not have publicly denounced Bo Xiliai without the approval of Jiang Zemin. It is likely the chinese government may be willing to adjust its view of the June 4th protesters to call them "sincere if misguided citizens seeking reform" and the ones who sought the crackdown were "hardliners" like Li Peng and use this as an excuse to purge the "red culture" and other hardliners faction from the party.

Also look and see if Zhao Ziyang gets rehabilitated posthumously.

Re:Start of political change? Doubtful.

[Anonymous Coward]

Holy shit.
The commies are smarter then the recording industry.
Well I'll be damned.