Social:Keyhole (Internet forum)

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Short description: Closed Chinese forum


Keyhole
Type of site
Discussion forum[1]
FoundedApril 13, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-04-13)
DissolvedMarch 30, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-30)
Headquarters
Haikou
OwnerKaidi Club[2]
Websiteclub.kdnet.net
(redirects to m.9kd.com)

Keyhole,[3] commonly known as Maoyan Kanren,[4] which is directly translated as Looking at Human Beings from a Cat's Eye,[5] was a Chinese renowned current affairs and politics forum established in Haikou[6] in April 2000,[7] and was closed on March 30, 2021.[8]

History

Keyhole was registered in Haikou City, Hainan Province, People's Republic of China.[6] The forum was launched in April 2000.

Keyhole was the host block of the Kaidi Club,[9] and was once ranked as the first most visited BBS forum in China .[5] On Mar 30, 2021, it was abruptly shut down.[10]

References

  1. "Wukan Elections: the Spark to Set China's Prairie Ablaze? - WSJ". The Wall Street Journal. Feb 1, 2012. https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-CJB-15105. 
  2. "Kaidi Community's "Maoyan Kanren" was suddenly shut down". Radio France Internationale. 2021-04-01. https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20210401-%E5%87%AF%E8%BF%AA%E7%9A%84-%E7%8C%AB%E7%9C%BC%E7%9C%8B%E4%BA%BA-%E7%AA%81%E9%81%AD%E5%85%B3%E9%97%AD%E4%BA%86. 
  3. Florian Schneider (16 August 2018). China's Digital Nationalism. Oxford University Press. pp. 203–. ISBN 978-0-19-087682-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=EXBoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT203. 
  4. Gianluigi Negro (17 October 2017). The Internet in China: From Infrastructure to a Nascent Civil Society. Springer. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-3-319-60405-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=pH86DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Pui-lam Law (31 March 2012). New Connectivities in China: Virtual, Actual and Local Interactions. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-94-007-3909-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ec6c313rtzkC&pg=PA143. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 "China's leading current affairs forum closes "Maoyan Kanren" and other columns". Lianhe Zaobao. 2021-04-01. https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20210401-1135868. 
  7. "Maoyan Kanren has gone". Radio Free Asia. 2021-03-31. https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/speech-03312021085052.html. 
  8. "A large number of Chinese military self-media have been shut down". Central News Agency. 2021-04-08. https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/202104080369.aspx. 
  9. Xin Ru; Xueyi Lu; Peilin Li; Guangjin Chen, Wei Li, Xinxin Xu (17 September 2009). The China Society Yearbook, Volume 3: Analysis and Forecast of China's Social Development (2008). Brill Publishers. pp. 189–. ISBN 978-90-474-2696-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=0RewCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA189. 
  10. "Famous current affairs forum "Cat's Eye View" was shut down". Radio Free Asia. Mar 31, 2021. https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/ql1-03312021065630.html.