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05.17.13Why Is China’s Internet Turning to Obama To Solve a Decades-Old Poisoning Mystery?
Motherboard
On May 3rd, an anonymous Chinese expat posted on the White House website a petition demanding justice for the woman who many believe is responsible for Zhu Ling’s poisoning. In six days it has collected over 140,000 signatures.
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05.17.13Presumption of Guilt Stirs More Questions (Op-Ed)
Global Times
The public has quickly jumped to assume the guilt of both Sun and related officials. In all likelihood, if there had been solid evidence the perpetrator would not have gone unpunished.
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05.17.13Censorship Feeds Criticism of Poisoning Case
Bloomberg
For a Chinese government determined to corral public opinion in its favor, the failed attempt to shut down the debate about a once-obscure 19-year old poisoing case is nothing short of a spectacular public-relations failure.
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05.16.13Zhu Ling Attempted Murder Case On Weibo
New Republic
The 19-year-old case has again become so blazing hot on Chinese social media that as of Saturday, the name of the victim, Zhu Ling, was censored on Weibo. But it's too late: The case has been brought to the attention of tens of millions of...
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05.07.13
Why Is a 1995 Poisoning Case the Top Topic on Chinese Social Media?
With a population base of 1.3 billion people, China has no shortage of strange and gruesome crimes, but the attempted murder of Zhu Ling by thallium poisoning in 1995 is burning up China’s social media long after the trails have gone cold. Zhu, a...