Chinese Censors Block Financial Blogs Amid Escalating US-China Trade Tensions

Chinese Censors Block Financial Blogs Amid Escalating US-China Trade Tensions
People look at their mobile phone outside a mall in Beijing on June 5, 2018. Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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Chinese censors have taken down several independent financial blogs, as the regime continues to ramp up anti-U.S. propaganda amid simmering U.S.-China trade tensions.

In recent days, at least 10 popular financial blogs were wiped of all its content on WeChat, a popular Chinese social media platform, according to the Financial Times. In addition, two non-financial bloggers, including former state television commentator Wang Zhi'an who posts about social issues, had their accounts blocked on WeChat and Weibo, China’s Twitter-like platform.
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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