Information related to Li Keqiang’s death is censored, and many universities strictly monitor students’ speech trends

At 0:10 on October 27, Li Keqiang, former Premier of the State Council of China, passed away in Shanghai due to a sudden heart attack at the age of 68.

The news of Li Keqiang’s death immediately sparked a great deal of attention, with many netizens expressing shock and mourning. Currently, related discussions are strictly censored on platforms such as Weibo, with a large number of posts being deleted. The comment sections of official media are all set to “pre-censorship and then publication“. Offline, many universities also issued notices at the first opportunity, prohibiting students from making “inappropriate remarks” about the incident and participating in any collective memorial activities.

On October 27, netizens expressed their regret that the deceased was not Xi Jinping by forwarding Liang Jingru’s song “It’s a pity it’s not you” and other obscure methods on social platforms, once again setting off a wave of “praying for green” (a homophone for “Xi”). In some online screenshots, it can be seen that some netizens were banned for posting this content.

Currently, all the posts in the screenshots have been deleted, and keywords such as “Liang Jingru” and “It’s a pity it’s not you” have also been set to only display content posted by blue V users (Note: “Blue V” refers to institutional verified accounts, including government, media, campus, enterprise, website, application, and other official accounts).

Weibo topic “#The one who should die doesn’t die” was banned:

Some netizens also said, “Good people don’t live long”:

“The Yangtze River and Yellow River will not flow backward”:

Currently, searching for information related to “Li Keqiang’s death” on the Weibo platform also only displays posts published by blue V users, and the comment section only shows selected comments:

There are more than 50,000 comments under the relevant Weibo post of CCTV News, but only 20 selected comments with “Rest in peace” are visible.

Comments are not displayed on the relevant Weibo post of Phoenix Net.

In addition, according to a submission from a netizen received by Twitter user “Teacher Li is not your teacher“, many universities in China have issued stability maintenance notices, prohibiting students from publishing any “inappropriate remarks” related to the death of former Premier Li Keqiang recently, and closely monitoring the movements of students, strictly prohibiting students from participating in any collective memorial activities.