Chinese largest microblog Sina blocks words like “Hillary Clinton”

Sina, a top Chinese microblog, has blocked searches for such words as “Hillary Clinton” and “Hillary” in the Chinese language so as to prevent the country population from reading the content which is sensitive for the Beijing. The restriction comes several days after US State Secretary gave a speech urging governments to end Internet censorship.

The page resulting to the search query explains: "In accordance with the relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search result did not display.”

Earlier this week Clinton said that countries such as China would face long-term economic and social costs that would lead to civil unrest if their censorship of the Internet continued.

The U.S. Embassy in Beijing tried to start discussions about the speech using Chinese microblogs. But the posts were quickly taken down by Chinese government censors.

The embassy referred to a statement made by U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman that said, "We are disappointed that some Chinese Internet sites have decided to remove discussion of Secretary Clinton's Internet freedom speech from their websites. It is ironic that the Chinese are blocking an online discussion about Internet freedom."