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The Great Firewall of China
Keywords Used to Filter Web Content
Saturday, February 18, 2006; 11:11 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/18/AR200602...
The Washington Post obtained a list of keywords used by a Chinese blog service provider to flag offensive material. Of 236 items on the list, 18 were obscenities. The rest were related to politics or current affairs.
Most words on this list can be posted on Chinese Web sites, but their presence quietly alerts editors to examine the messages that contain them and possibly
take action. In tests, postings that included long sections of the list were allowed to remain on several sites, but quickly removed from others. One site also blocked the computer used to conduct the tests from posting anything else.
In addition, on most sites, at least some of the sensitive phrases cannot be posted at all. Depending on the site, filters replace the offending words with asterisks or block the entire message. Below is the list. Obscenities have been withheld.
Names of People [Chinese characters added by Human Rights Watch]
Bao Tong 鲍彤
Chen Yonglin 陈用林
Cui Yingjie 崔英杰
Ding Jiaban 丁家班
Du Zhaoyong 杜兆勇
Gao Jingyun 高景云
Gao Zhisheng 高智晟
He Jiadong 何家栋
He Weifang 贺为方
Hu Xingdou 胡星斗
Hu Yuehua 胡跃华
Hua Guofeng 华国锋
Huang Jingao 黄金高
Jiang Mianheng 江绵恒
Jiang Yanyong 蒋彦永
Jiang Zemin 江泽民
Jiao Guobiao 焦国标
Jin Zhong 金众
Li Zhiying 李智英
Liang Yuncai 梁云才
Liu Jianfeng 柳剑锋
Liu Junning 刘军宁
Liu Xiabobo 刘晓波
Nie Shubin 聂树斌
Nie Shubin (repeated)
Sun Dawu 孙大午
Wang Binyu 王斌余
Wang Lixiong 王力雄
Xu Zhiyong 许志永
Yang Bin 杨斌
Yang Dongping 杨东平
Yu Jie 俞杰
Zhang Weiying 张惟英
Zhang Xingshui 张星水
Zhang Zuhua 张祖桦
Zhao Yan 赵岩
Zhou Qing 周勍
Zhu Chenghu 朱成虎
Zhu Wenhu 朱文虎
Zi Yang (in English)
Ziyang (in Chinese) 紫阳
Ziyang (in English)
zzy (in English, abbreviation for Zhao Ziyang)
Chinese Politics
17th party congress 十七大
Babaoshan 八宝山
Beat [overthrow] the Central Propaganda Department 打倒中宣部
Blast the Central Propaganda Department 炮打中宣部
Block the road and demand back pay
Chief of the Finance Bureau 金融司司长
Children of high officials 高干子弟
China liberal (in English)
Chinese Communist high officials 中共高干
Denounce the Central Propaganda Department 讨伐中宣部
Down with the Central Propaganda Department 痛打中宣部
Impeach 罢免
Lin Zhao Memorial Award 林昭纪念奖
Patriots Alliance 爱国者同盟
Patriots Alliance (abbreviated) 爱盟
Patriots Alliance Web 爱国者同盟网
Police chase after and kill police 警察追杀警察
Pollution lawsuit 污染诉讼
Procedures for dismissing an official 罢官规则
Red Terror 红色恐怖
Set fires to force people to relocate 动迁纵火
Sons of high officials 高干子弟
The Central Propaganda Department is the AIDS of Chinese society 中宣部是中国社会的艾滋病
Villagers fight with weapons 村民械斗
Wang Anshi’s reform and the fall of the Northern Song dynasty 王安石变法与北宋的灭亡
Specific Issues and Events
Buy corpses 买尸体
Cadres transferred from the military 军转干部
Cashfiesta (English)
Cat abuse 虐猫
Changxin Coal Mountain 长兴媒山
China Youth Daily staff evaluation system 中青报考评
Chinese orphanage 中国孤儿院
Chinese Yangshen Yizhi Gong 中华养生益智功
Demobilized soldiers transferred to other industries 复转军人
Dongyang 东阳
Dongzhou 东洲
Fetus soup 婴儿汤
Foot and mouth disease 口蹄疫
Fuzhou pig case 福州猪案
Gaoxin Hospital 高新医院
High-speed train petition 高铁大签名
Hire a killer to murder one’s wife 雇凶杀妻
Honghai Bay 红海湾
Horseracing 马术比赛
Jinxin Pharmaceutical 京新药业
Kelemayi 克拉玛依
Linyi family planning 临沂计划生育
Market access system 准入制
Mascot 吉祥物
Military wages 军人工资
No Friendlies 无福娃
Prosecutor committed suicide 检察长自杀
Pubu Ravine 瀑布沟
Shanwei government 汕尾政府
Suicide of deputy mayor 副市长自杀
Suicide of Kuerle mayor 库尔勒市市长自杀
Swiss University of Finance 瑞士金融大学
Taishi village 太石村
Top ten worst cities 十大最差城市
Wanzhou 万州
Weitan [Village] 韦滩村
Zhang Chunxian welcomes supervision against corruption 张春贤欢迎廉政监督
Falun Gong
Terms related to the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, including phrases from its “NineCommentaries” manifesto against the Communist Party:
Chinese Communist Party brutally kills people 共产党残暴杀人
dajiyuan (in English)
Defy the heavens, earth and nature. Mao Zedong 藐视天地自然。毛泽东
Epoch Times 大纪元
Epoch Times (written with a different character) 大纪园
Epoch Times news Web site 大纪元新闻网
Evaluate the Chinese Communist Party 评中国共产党
Evaluate the Chinese Communist Party (abbreviated) 评共产党
falundafa (in English)
flg (in English)
Fozhan Qianshou Fa 佛展千手法
Guantong Liangji Fa 贯通两极法
In the Chinese Communist Party, common standards of humanity don’t exist 共产党那里，没有普遍的人性标准
Li Hongzhi 李洪志
lihongzhi (in English)
Master Li 李大师
minghui (in English)
Mother and daughter accused each other, and students and teachers became enemies 母女告发和师生反目
New Tang dynasty TV Station 新唐人电视台
Nine Commentaries 九评
No. 1 evil cult in the world 人世间的头号大邪教
Obedient citizens under its brutal rule 它暴虐统治下的顺民
People become brutal in violence, Chinese Communist Party 暴力之中人变得暴虐，共产党
People developed a concept of the Chinese Communist Party, but 人们对共产党又产生了幻想。但是，
People who could escape have escaped, and had people to seek refuge with 逃的逃，有人投靠
Quit the party 退党
Run the opposite direction of the so-called ideals of Communism 与所谓共产主义的理想背道而驰
Shenzhou Jiachifa 神通加持法
Spring Festival Gala of the World’s Chinese 全球华人春节联欢晚会
Steal people’s painstaking work 盗用人民辛勤劳动
Truth, Compassion, Tolerance [Falungong slogan] 真善忍
Zhenshanren (in English) [same slogan in English]
Overseas Web Sites, Publications and Dissident Groups
Century China Foundation 世纪中国基金会
China Issues Forum 中国问题论坛
China Renaissance Forum 中国复兴论坛
China Society Forum 中国社会论坛
China Spring 中国之春
Chinese Current Affairs 中华时事
Chinese World Forum 华语世界论坛
EastSouthWestNorth Forum 东南西北论坛
EastWestSouthNorth Forum 东西南北论坛
Forum of Wind, Rain and the Divine Land 风雨神州论坛
Freedom and Democracy Forum 自由民主论坛
Freedom to Write Award 自由写作奖
Great China Forum 大中华论坛
Han Style 汉风
Huatong Current Affairs Forum 华通时事论坛
Huaxia Digest 华夏文摘
Huayue Current Affairs Forum 华岳时事论坛
Independent Chinese PEN Center 独立中文笔会
Jimaoxin Collection 鸡毛信文汇
Justice Party Forum 正义党论坛
New Birth Web 新生网
New Observer Forum 新观察论坛
North American Freedom Forum 北美自由论坛
reminbao (in English)
remingbao (in English)
Small Reference 小参考
Spring and Summer Forum 春夏自由论坛
Voice of the People Forum 人民之声论坛
Worldwide Reader Forum 万维读者论坛
You Say I Say Forum 你说我说论坛
Zhengming Forum 争鸣论坛
Zhidian Jiangshan Forum 指点江山论坛
Zhongshan Wind and Rain Forum 钟山风雨论坛
Taiwan
Establish Taiwan Country Movement Organization 台湾建国运动组织
Great President Chen Shui-bian 陈水扁大总统
Independent League of Taiwan Youth 台湾青年独立联盟
Independent Taiwan Association 独立台湾会
New Party 新党
Taiwan Freedom League 台湾自由联盟
Taiwan Political Discussion Zone 台湾政论区
Ethnic Minorities
East Turkestan 东土耳其斯坦
East Turkestan (abbreviated) 东突
Han-Hui conflicts [ethnic conflicts] 回汉冲突
Henan Zhongmu 河南中牟
Hui [muslim ethnic minority] rebellion 回民暴动
Hui village 回民村
Langcheng Gang 狼城岗
Nancheng Gang 南城岗
Nanren Village 南仁村
Tibet independence 疆独
Xinjiang independence 疆独
Zhongmu County 中牟县
Tiananmen Square
Memoirs of June 4 participants 六四参加者回忆录
Redress June 4 六四平反
Tiananmen videotape 天安门录影带
Tiananmen incident 天安门事件
Tiananmen massacre 天安门屠杀
Tiananmen generation 天安门一代
World Economic Herald 世界经济导报
Censorship
Cleaning and rectifying Web sites 网站清理整顿
China’s true content 中国真实内容
Internet commentator 网络评论员
News blockade 新闻封锁
International
Indonesia 印尼
North Korea falls out with China 朝鲜对中国翻脸
Paris riots 巴黎骚乱
Tsunami 海啸
Other
Armageddon 世界末日
Bomb 炸弹
Bug 窃听器
Handmade pistol 自制手枪
Nuclear bomb 原子弹
Wiretap 监听器
Chinese People Tell the Truth 中华人民实话实说
Chinese People Justice and Evil 中华人民正邪
China Social Progressive Party 中国社会进步党
Chinese Truth Report 中华真实报道
Dazhong Zhenren Zhenshi 大众真人真事
Jingdongriji (English)
Night talk of the Forbidden City 夜话紫禁城
People’s Inside Information and Truth 人民内情真
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