China Bans Popular Bloggers Loyal to the Party

Two men use their laptops at a cafe in Beijing on Nov. 2, 2012. A government-backed campaign to assert greater control over social media has lead to increased self-censorship by some of China's most influential bloggers, chilling political discourse in the country. Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing closed multiple accounts of a popular Chinese comic blogger “SaiLei Three Minutes,” who claimed to interpret current affairs involving politics and history within three minutes.

A visit to his Weibo account shows the message, “The user is currently banned for violating relevant laws and regulations.”