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
馬明心 (Ma Mingxin) was a Dungan Sufi master. During the Qing Dynasty, he established the Jahriyya Sufi order in China, which was in opposition to the Khufiyya Sufis.
Why it is blocked: Jahriyya was considered to be a subversive religion in China, and after one of Ma’s disciples Su Sishisan (苏四十三) led an armed anti-government uprising, Ma was arrested and beheaded. [Status - 1/9/12: blocked; 2/5/12: unblocked]
