All eyes are on China's Chongqing city amid a major political scandal, which one former official says may deepen. China has deleted hundreds of thousands of microblog posts in an attempt to stem the tide of online rumor and speculation amid an unfolding political scandal in the southwestern megacity of Chongqing and a security lockdown by armed police following clashes with protesters.
State media said on Thursday that China had closed 42 websites and deleted more than 210,000 posts since mid-March in a crackdown on "dangerous" rumors.
China's censors have moved rapidly to filter any posts containing words or phrases linked to the political upheaval in Chongqing and an investigation surrounding ousted city leader Bo Xilai and his wife, Gu Kailai.
A keyword search on the popular Sina Weibo microblog service on Thursday for "Bo Xilai" returned the message: "According to the relevant laws and regulations, we were unable to display the search results." Read More
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