Social:Chinese Public Opinion Surveillance Net

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Chinese Public Opinion Surveillance Net
Type of site
Civil anti-graft website[1]
FoundedOctober 1, 2003
DissolvedJune 16, 2005
Founder(s)Li Xinde
Websitewww.yuluncn.com

The Chinese Public Opinion Surveillance Net,[2] or China Public Opinion Supervision Net, [3] whose domain name was www.yuluncn.com,[4] was a Mainland China-based anti-graft website[5] founded by Li Xinde[6] on October 1, 2003.[7] The website was noted for revealing Li Xin, the then vice mayor of Jining,[8] and Wang Yachen, the former mayor of Fuxin, Liaoning Province.[9] The site was closed several times.[10]

Shut down

Chinese Public Opinion Surveillance Net was shut down on June 16, 2005.[11] On January 7, 2021, Li Xinde was sentenced by the Chinese authorities to five years in prison for "illegal business operation".[12]

References

  1. "Revelation of A Civilian Anti-Corruption Website Defeats the "Kneeling Vice Mayor"". Xinhuanet. 2004-08-09. http://news.xinhuanet.com/comments/2004-08/09/content_1741119.htm. 
  2. "Crackdown fears as censor slams citizen journalists". South China Morning Post. Feb 23, 2010. https://www.scmp.com/article/706740/crackdown-fears-censor-slams-citizen-journalists. 
  3. S. Philip Hsu; Yu-Shan Wu; Suisheng Zhao (23 May 2012). In Search of China's Development Model: Beyond the Beijing Consensus. Routledge. pp. 240–. ISBN 978-1-136-85209-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ecr_4CjNxBcC&pg=PA240. 
  4. Lawrence R. Sullivan (23 May 2007). Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China. Scarecrow Press. pp. 284–. ISBN 978-0-8108-6443-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=UQKyAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA284. 
  5. Willy Wo-Lap Lam; Wo-Lap Lam Lam (2006). Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era: New Leaders, New Challenges. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 229–. ISBN 978-0-7656-3365-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=LFDxKEKvuSUC&pg=PA229. 
  6. Nicholas D. Kristof (May 24, 2005). "Death by a Thousand Blogs". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/24/opinion/death-by-a-thousand-blogs.html. 
  7. "Li Xinde Sentenced to 5 Years for Launching China's Oldest Anti-Corruption Website". Apple Daily. 2021-01-14. https://tw.appledaily.com/international/20210114/AHQJTSDNBVHLRNCS6ENCWYFWZY/. 
  8. Demetrios Argyriades; O. P. Dwivedi; Joseph G. Jabbra (2007). Public Administration in Transition: A Fifty-year Trajectory Worldwide : Essays in Honor of Gerald E. Caiden. Vallentine Mitchell. ISBN 978-0-85303-755-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=JrGFAAAAMAAJ. 
  9. "China Anti-Corruption Website Founder Li Xinde Sentenced to 5 Years, Son Also Sentenced". The Central News Agency. 2021-01-04. https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/202101140122.aspx. 
  10. "Internet Gaming: "Illegal Business"? Father and son of China Public Opinion Supervision Network founder sentenced to prison". Radio Free Asia. 2021-01-13. https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/wangluoboyi/iwar-01132021163202.html. 
  11. Jeremy Kirk (August 8, 2005). "Public Security and Censorship Agencies Shut Down Two Political Websites". Congressional-Executive Commission on China. https://www.cecc.gov/publications/commission-analysis/public-security-and-censorship-agencies-shut-down-two-political-web. 
  12. "Li Xinde, Founder of China Public Opinion Supervision Net, Sentenced to Five Years". Radio Free Asia. 2021-01-13. https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/pl-01132021153542.html.