Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, wrote a short-lived post on Weibo pushing back against Beijing’s internet censorship. Photo: Simon Song Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, wrote a short-lived post on Weibo pushing back against Beijing’s internet censorship. Photo: Simon Song
Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, wrote a short-lived post on Weibo pushing back against Beijing’s internet censorship. Photo: Simon Song
China /  Politics

Editor of nationalist Global Times questions Beijing’s online censorship – then deletes the post

  • Hu Xijin says he wants ‘rational’ discussion about Great Firewall and suggests there should be more access to outside internet

Topic |   Censorship in China
Simone McCarthy
Simone McCarthy

Updated: 10:29am, 19 Sep, 2019

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Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, wrote a short-lived post on Weibo pushing back against Beijing’s internet censorship. Photo: Simon Song Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, wrote a short-lived post on Weibo pushing back against Beijing’s internet censorship. Photo: Simon Song
Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, wrote a short-lived post on Weibo pushing back against Beijing’s internet censorship. Photo: Simon Song
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