China censors discussion of North Korea's bomb test

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China censors discussion of North Korea's bomb test
By Kerry Allen BBC Monitoring
    4 September 2017

Chinese censors appear to be stifling online discussion of North Korea's latest missile launch, a move apparently linked to China's hosting of this week's Brics summit.

Posts on the popular microblogging network Sina Weibo and the mobile messenger WeChat which highlight or make jokes about the bomb test coinciding with the summit have been censored.

State media are focusing on lauding the success of the meeting, which brings together leaders from emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. China is hosting the summit in the south-eastern city of Xiamen.

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