The death of Kim Jong Il (金正日) on December 17 caused a stir in the Chinese blogosphere and many comparisons to China in the 70s. But there were also a lot of people unconcerned about his fate, and its relation to the Chinese people. Zheng Jianwei (郑建伟), a human rights lawyer, microblogged in response to […]
Gadhafi Death Sparks Online Opinions in China
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 1:24 am (UTC+0)
Moammar Gadhafi’s (卡扎菲) death on Thursday shocked the Chinese nation, where attitudes toward the former Libyan (利比亚) leader are changing. There was a time when China described the former Libyan leader as “strongman” in the middle east. But recently, State-owned media like Xinhua and People.net have referred to him as a “madman.” On Sina Weibo, there is […]
