---
title: "Editor of Chinese Paper Complains About Censorship, Gets Censored"
description: "The editor of Chinese state-backed newspaper, the Global Times, protested government censorhip in a Weibo post that was soon deleted."
date: "2019-09-18"
modified: "2019-09-18"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/editor-chinese-paper-complains-censorship-censored"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "censorship"
  - "china"
  - "communications"
  - "the digest"
---

# Editor of Chinese Paper Complains About Censorship, Gets Censored

![The editor of Chinese state-backed newspaper, the Global Times, protested government censorhip in a Weibo post that was soon deleted.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/editor-chinese-paper-complains-censorship-censored.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Deleted Post

Hu Xijin, editor of the Chinese state-run *Global Times* newspaper, recently took to the microblogging site Weibo to rail against [China's internet censorship](<https://futurism.com/google-future-china-internet>).

But his post vanished shortly thereafter, [according to *Bloomberg*](<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-18/top-chinese-state-media-editor-complains-about-internet-access>). Whether the post was deleted for him or he was pressed to remove it, it's an ironic ending to Hu's call for greater connectivity, which he said in the post would help him do a better job as a journalist.

## National Interest

Hu argued that greater connectivity to the outside world would benefit the country, especially in regards to scientific research and [global communications](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/censored-search-engine-google-china>), *Bloomberg* reports.

"Accessing external internet is extremely difficult as China’s National Day holiday is upcoming," Hu wrote. "Even *Global Times’s* work is being affected."

## Tough Spot

Hu's been taking matters into his own hands as much as possible, per *Bloomberg*. He's reportedly been spending time in Hong Kong, an area with a stronger connection to the global internet, to cover [ongoing protests](<https://futurism.com/china-hong-kong-censoring-protests-tiktok>) against the government.

Whether China will let that fly is still unclear.

**READ MORE:** [Top Chinese State-Media Editor Complains About Internet Access, Deletes Post](<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-18/top-chinese-state-media-editor-complains-about-internet-access>) \[*Bloomberg*\]

**More on censorship:** *[China Appears to Be Censoring Hong Kong Protests From TikTok](<https://futurism.com/china-hong-kong-censoring-protests-tiktok>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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