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
砍刀 (machete / kǎndāo) is a large cleaver-like cutting tool, frequently used to cut through rain forest undergrowth and for agricultural purposes.
Why it is blocked: Knife and cleaver-wielding men attacking schoolchildren became an unfortunate phenomenon in China in 2010. However, none of these cases specifically involved machetes, so it may simply be a matter of Weibo’s general block of most weapons. [Status - 2/9/11: blocked]
