Beijing censors SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION searches


The China Post reports that  Chinese censors have begun to block search terms related  to blind activist Chen Guangcheng.   You can't search for his name. . . and they have also deemed the search term "Shawshank Redemption" to be unacceptable! Search words  such as: "Shawshank" "blind person" and "embassy" were all blocked.

Why block "Shawshank"?   Because Chen Guangcheng case has been compared to the Shawshank Redemption.  

The  China Post reports:

After completing a four-year jail sentence in September 2010, he and his family were put under what Chen has called “illegal” house arrest at their home in Shandong province.
Some Web users had used the Chinese characters for “Shawshank” to refer to the case.
“The Shawshank Redemption” was a 1994 film based on a novella by U.S. author Stephen King, about a convict's escape from an American prison. 


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