Founded | 1 September 2009 |
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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]
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]