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]
Type of site | Civil anti-graft website[1] |
|---|---|
| Founded | October 1, 2003 |
| Dissolved | June 16, 2005 |
| Founder(s) | Li Xinde |
| URL | www.yuluncn.com |
Shut down
editChinese 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
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- ^ "Crackdown fears as censor slams citizen journalists". South China Morning Post. Feb 23, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nicholas D. Kristof (May 24, 2005). "Death by a Thousand Blogs". The New York Times.
- ^ "Li Xinde Sentenced to 5 Years for Launching China's Oldest Anti-Corruption Website". Apple Daily. 2021-01-14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "China Anti-Corruption Website Founder Li Xinde Sentenced to 5 Years, Son Also Sentenced". The Central News Agency. 2021-01-04.
- ^ "Internet Gaming: "Illegal Business"? Father and son of China Public Opinion Supervision Network founder sentenced to prison". Radio Free Asia. 2021-01-13.
- ^ Jeremy Kirk (August 8, 2005). "Public Security and Censorship Agencies Shut Down Two Political Websites". Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
- ^ "Li Xinde, Founder of China Public Opinion Supervision Net, Sentenced to Five Years". Radio Free Asia. 2021-01-13.