List of Blacklisted Keywords in The People's Republic of China - General Concepts

General Concepts

Chinese phrases are given as traditional / simplified where they differ.

• 民主 (democracy)
  • (not blocked by Baidu )
  • (not blocked by Sohu )
• 人權 / 人权 (human rights)
  • (not blocked by Baidu )
  • (not blocked by Sohu )
  • not blocked: 自由 (freedom), 改革 (reform), 選舉 / 选举 (elections), 多黨 / 多党 (multi-party), and 平反 (rehabilitate)
• 獨裁 / 独裁 (dictatorship)
  • (not blocked by Sohu )
  • (not blocked by Baidu, )
  • not blocked: 法西斯 (fascism)
• 專政 / 专政 (dictatorship)
• 專制 / 专制 (despotism)
• 反共 (anti-communist)
  • (not blocked by Baidu )
  • not blocked: 反黨 / 反党 (anti-party), 反革命 (counterrevolutionary), and 反動 / 反动 (reactionary)
• 共匪 (communist bandits) — this was the term used by the Kuomintang to refer to the communists during Chinese Civil War
• 共惨党 (tragic communist party), similar pronunciation of 共产党(communist party)
• 群體滅絕 / 群体灭绝 (genocide)
• 鎮壓 / 镇压 (oppression)
  • not blocked: 推翻 (overthrow), 政變 / 政变 (coup), 打倒 ("down with") and 維權 / 维权 (Protect rights)
• 封鎖 / 封锁 (Blocking)
• 勞教 / 劳教 (Reeducation through labor)
• 紅色恐佈 / 红色恐怖 (Red Terror)
• 邪惡 / 邪恶 (evil)
• 流亡 (exile)
• (red Ferrari) - due to Ling Gu, son of Ling Jihua, a close associate of President Hu Jin Tao, and Bo Guagua, son of Bo Xilai, driving black or red Ferraris, respectively