Consensus (website)

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Consensus
Founded1 September 2009
Dissolved 1 October 2016
Founder(s) Zhou Zhixing
URL www.21ccom.net

The Consensus [1] or Consensus Net, [2] also known as 21st Century Web, [3] was a Chinese renowned ideological and cultural website [4] launched on 1 September 2009 [5] by Zhou Zhixing. [6] The website published commentaries and analysis from both left and right wing scholars on topics such as economics and culture. [2]

Sponsored by Lide Consensus (Beijing) Network Media Technology Co., Ltd., [7] the position of Consensus leaned toward liberalism. [8]

Consensus (www.21ccom.net) [9] was the official website of Leader Magazine in simplified Chinese, [10] whose mission was to "seek consensus in the era of great transformation". [11]

History

The 21ccom.net domain name was registered on February 20, 2009. [12]

Consensus was shut down by order of the Beijing authority on October 1, 2016. [13]

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References

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  7. "A large number of Chinese military self-media have been shut down". Radio France Internationale. Oct 3, 2016.
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  9. Yan Sun (17 September 2020). From Empire to Nation State: Ethnic Politics in China. Cambridge University Press. pp. 349–. ISBN   978-1-108-84029-3.
  10. "Why can't Consensus Network open?". Radio Free Asia . 2016-10-06.
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  12. "Whois Record for 21ccom.net". WHOIS . Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  13. "China's "Consensus Network" Ordered to Close". Radio France Internationale. 2016-10-03.