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At a Beijing exhibition, a portrait of Jiang and a security guard. (Reuters)

Chinese censorship fans rumors on Jiang Zemin

Sina’s Twitter-like microblog platform Weibo blocked searches for “death,” “river” and “301 Hospital” on Wednesday, according to The Wall Street Journal website. The company was responding to what Reuters reported was the service’s most-discussed topic yesterday–the rumored demise of former President Jiang Zemin, whose surname, Jiang, means “river,” and who may or may not have…

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