Chinese Citizens Evade Internet Censors to Remember Liu Xiaobo<br />To evade censors who were patrolling the internet for uses of Mr. Liu’s name, some users instead referred to him<br />as "Wang Xiaobo," or "Teacher Liu." The censors were quick to react, blocking searches of several code words.<br />Mr. Liu’s famous phrase — "I have no enemies and no hatred" — was widely quoted among his admirers in the hours after his death.<br />Still, Mr. Liu’s admirers found creative ways around the controls, using code words, videos<br />and photographs to show solidarity and to criticize the government’s treatment of China’s only Nobel Peace laureate.<br />By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZJULY 14, 2017<br />BEIJING — The death on Thursday of China’s most prominent political prisoner, Liu Xiaobo,<br />set off a frenzied effort by government censors to block discussion of his legacy online.<br />None of the police who monitored, arrested and interrogated me, none of the prosecutors who indicted me,<br />and none of the judges who judged me are my enemies," Mr. Liu wrote in a prepared statement in 2009.<br />WeChat wrote that The heavens are also moved.<br />As censors sprung into action after Mr. Liu’s death, internet users found creative means to convey their opinions.<br />Here’s a look at the reaction: When a thunderstorm erupted over Beijing shortly after Mr. Liu’s death, internet users embraced the imagery.
