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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, July 15, 2017
Hong Kong: Tributes pour in for Liu Xiaobo, but coverage in China censored
By Sharyl Kaur |
AS tributes pour in from around the world in the wake of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo’s death, coverage of his death has been largely silenced in mainland China.
AS tributes pour in from around the world in the wake of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo’s death, coverage of his death has been largely silenced in mainland China.
Local media reports on the activist’s passing have been scant. According to the BBC, Xinhua and CCTV had issued statements on their English sites, however, they were brief.
Meanwhile, users of Weibo – China’s version of Twitter – have found
references to Liu’s name and phrases linked to him blocked on the
platform.
Liu, who died on Thursday of multiple organ failures, was being treated
in a hospital in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang. He was
admitted in June after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer.
The Chinese government has come under scrutiny for rejecting Liu’s
request to seek palliative care abroad. Beijing, however, rejects
international criticism for denying the request. It insists the case is
an internal affair.