Facebook Blocks Chinese Billionaire Who Tells Tales of Corruption<br />1, 2017<br />HONG KONG — A Chinese billionaire living in virtual exile in New York, Guo Wengui has riled China’s leaders with<br />his sometimes outlandish tales of deep corruption among family members of top Communist Party officials.<br />Charlene Chian said that We want people to feel free to share<br />and connect on Facebook, as well as to feel safe, so we don’t allow people to publish the personal information of others without their consent,<br />The social media network said it had blocked a profile under Mr. Guo’s name and taken down another page associated with him.<br />President Xi Jinping, the party’s top leader, is widely expected to use the meeting to cement his power<br />and to make personnel changes that could have wide repercussions in coming years.<br />China has taken several steps in recent months to clamp down on public discourse<br />ahead of a major Communist Party gathering scheduled to take place this month.<br />Chinese leaders, who prize stability above all else, want the meeting to go off without a hitch.
