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]

References

  1. ↑ Shun-hing Chan; Jonathan W. Johnson (6 April 2021). Citizens of Two Kingdoms: Civil Society and Christian Religion in Greater China. Brill Publishers. pp. 46–. ISBN   978-90-04-45937-3.
  2. 1 2 Tom Tsui (Oct 3, 2016). "China's Consensus Net, a website for open intellectual discussion, has suddenly shut down". Quartz .
  3. ↑ Guoguang Wu (18 September 2015). China's Party Congress. Cambridge University Press. pp. 314–. ISBN   978-1-107-08202-1.
  4. ↑ "Consensus Network closed on the National Day?". Deutsche Welle . Oct 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ Oiwan Lam (5 October 2016). "Chinese Authorities Shutter 'Gongshi' Intellectual Website, Leading Netizens to Ask: Is This 'The End of Consensus'?". Global Voices .
  6. ↑ "China's "Consensus Network" inaccessible, founder says future not promising". BBC.com. 2016-10-03.
  7. ↑ "A large number of Chinese military self-media have been shut down". Radio France Internationale. Oct 3, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Consensus network was suddenly closed founder: the future does not know!". Apple Daily . 2016-10-03.
  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.
  11. ↑ Oiwan Lam (Oct 5, 2016). "Chinese Authorities Shutter 'Gongshi' Intellectual Website, Leading Netizens to Ask: Is This 'The End of Consensus'?". Globalvoices.org .
  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.
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