By Star Chang, posted Sep 10, 2012 at 1:30 PM, 1,765 views,

The Secret of Banning Ferrari Online Search in China

The son of a Chinese government official was killed in a Ferrari crashed accident earlier this year. The authorities have been trying to block every single details about the accident, going so far as to block the search terms “Ferrari” on Chinese social network. Details of the March accident in Beijing, which allegedly also injured two young women, have stayed under wraps in China but are leaking out via media in Hong Kong. The South China Morning Post cited an unnamed official in Beijing as confirming that Ling Gu, the son of a loyal aide to President Hu Jintao, was the person killed in the Ferrari accident. The report said Ling was half-naked when the crash occurred and his two female passengers were naked or half-dressed, suggesting they had been involved in some kind of high-speed sex game …

The Post’s story came just days after the Chinese government announced Ling Gu’s father had been transferred to a new position, a move that analysts say ended his ambitions for a post in the upper ranks of the top leadership. Observers said the shift appeared linked to his son’s scandalous death, which is certainly caused him to step down. It’s clear that the government is very anxious about how the public will respond to another case of official behaving badly and has imposed a strict ban on news and Internet posts related to the Ferrari crash. Chinese authorities are very careful to control the spread of such information so it “doesn’t stimulate more public anger against the government.”

There are already alot of censorship and termination on Chinese social-media, terms blocked include the Chinese president’s name. There’s no doubt the authorities have been very concerned about the backlash against the flaunting of privileges, whether its cars or expensive watches, those trappings of power and corruption. If this kind of censorship continues, the salacious details we already know about the crash will likely to be the truth of the incident.

SOURCE: HUFF POST
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