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The Case of Fan Xiaohua

Fan Xiaohua is suspected of misappropriation of a disaster relief tent and aggravated personal assault in Mianyang city, but the Chinese human flesh search engines went after Communist Youth League secretary Fan Xiaohua in Mianzhu city instead. ...full story at ESWN

from ESWN on Tue, Jun 03 2008

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03 Jun 08 visit China: Another Mistake by Human Flesh Search Engines  »  Global Voices ESWN translated several pieces on Internet human flesh search engines' attempt in digging out the identity of Fan Xiaohua.
29 Aug 08 visit Qiu Xiaohua goes public in newspaper  »  Shanghai Daily QIU Xiaohua, the former head of China's National Bureau of Statistics, made a public appearance as an advanced economic researcher yesterday, his first appearance since he was expelled from the Communist Party of...
30 Sep 08 visit Around the Blogosphere: Human flesh search engines, street art by handicapped beggar and fake mass incidents  »  Shanghaiist Sky Canaves of WSJ's China Journal tells us of the first lawsuit in China involving "human flesh search engines" whereby the plaintiff has been awarded damages.Baidu, the search engine that's been accused of helping Sanlu censor negative websites in...
03 Jun 08 visit Internet Lynch Mob gets their Fan  »  Blogging For China Roland at ESWN gives us this excellent account of the Internet Lynch Mob again blindly rushing after a target… and sadly, this time, it’s gotten the wrong person. Fan Xiaohua (范晓华) produced the official statement form the Mianzhu Com...
23 Jan 07 visit Sacked former top statistician expelled from Party  »  Xinhua China's former head of National Bureau of Statistics Qiu Xiaohua, who was sacked last October for suspected involvement in a social security fund fraud, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC), according to China's anti-corruption...

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