China blocks news after deadly attack which killed 35AFP, BEIJINGAt least 35 people were killed and dozens more injured when a man plowed his car into pedestrians exercising around a sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai on Monday night. Workers remove flowers from a makeshift memorial outside the Zhuhai Sports Center in China yesterday. Photo: AFPChina heavily monitors social media platforms, where it is common for words and topics deemed sensitive to be removed — sometimes within minutes. On a social media site, videos and photos showing the bloody moments after the incident late on Monday night were swiftly deleted. 1 trending topic on social media and reached 69 million views within an hour.

Source: Taipei Times November 13, 2024 21:45 UTC