4/4: Asia Pacific Forum radio show with Rebecca MacKinnon and interview in The Next Web ■ 3/13: List of 343 words blocked on Weibo as of March 13 ■ 3/12/12: Article explaining my project in more detail: How China Gets the Internet to Censor Itself ■ 3/11/12: Words posted before February may no longer be blocked (they were blocked at the time of their posting). If you find any errors, contact me and I'd be happy to correct. ■ 2/24/12: Coded and categorized: analyzing a sample of 219 blocked Weibo words
便衣 (plain clothes / biànyī) refers to plainclothes police, officers who wear “ordinary clothes” instead of a uniform to avoid detection or identification as a law enforcement agent.
Why it is blocked: In addition to fighting crime and maintaining public security, it’s been alleged that plainclothes police (sometimes also known as undercover police) have harassed and intimidated dissidents, activists, journalists, and common citizens.
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