Carrefour now a sensitive word

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“Your search results may contain content that is not in accordance with relevant laws and regulations; they have not been displayed.”

This screenshot of a failed search for 家乐福 (“Carrefour”) comes from the Oh My Media blog.

The blogger also notes that searching for the term on google.cn results in “Unable to access your search results. Please return google.cn to search for other information.” A google.com search returns 6 million hits.

The blogger comments:

A command from above? Or self-censorship? It looks fairly self-evident. China’s Internet/news/propaganda administration departments don’t seem to have learned any lessons from the Tibet affair: they still think that screening and blocking can create a flourishing society, a Great Harmony under heaven. And none of the people, whether they be “patriots” or “patriotic traitors,” are seen as trustworthy or as having any sense of judgment or rationality. You’re just one of the riffraff.

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