China: Kritik am Krisenmanagement unerwünscht

Wer in chinesischen Foren über das Krisenmanagement nach dem Erdbeben diskutiert macht Bekanntschaft mit den Cartoon-Internetpolizisten (wir berichteten). Die erste Welle der Berichterstattung scheint ja daran vorbeigekommen zu sein, aber online macht es China der Meinungsunfreiheit weiterhin schwer.

Wired hat einen kleinen Artikel dazu: Deadly Earthquake Doesn’t Shake China’s Internet Censors. Die Essenz ist:

Following the May 12 earthquake in China’s Sichuan province, the news coverage was naturally empathetic, making the censorship regime redundant. But as Chinese citizens began criticizing the response to the earthquake online, the government’s internet police made their presence known.

On one message board, posters started criticizing large China-based corporations for not contributing enough to the relief effort. The thread grew heated this week, forcing an appearance from Jing Jing and Cha Cha — those two adorable animated characters that China began deploying on online forums last year, whenever the conversation strays too close to discouraged topics or sentiments.

„Don’t accept vulgar content,“ advised the smiling cartoon cops overlaid on the post. „Advance harmony.“