China’s microbloggers turn to Teletubbies to discuss politics

Posted by on Mar 22, 2012

Bloggers invent codewords to evade censorship and speculate on trouble at the top of government Teletubbies, instant noodles and tomatoes might not sound like the stuff of high political intrigue, but this motley grouping has allowed microbloggers in China to evade censorship and speculate on trouble at the top of government. With facts in short supply since leadership contender Bo Xilai was dismissed as party chief of Chongqing last week, the online rumour mill has been in overdrive – fuelled by the opaque nature of Chinese politics and the knowledge that a power transition is fast approaching.

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