Sunday, 8. April 2012
Topic: POLITIK - on April 8, 2012 at 12:41:00 PM CEST
Chinese government tells military to ignore internet in wake of coup talk
Regime's jitters evident in thinly veiled reference by army newspaper to rumours that prompted crackdown on chat sites
China's top military newspaper has told troops to ignore rumours on the internet and steel themselves for "ideological struggle" – an apparent reference to talk of a coup as the ruling Communist party faces a leadership transition.
The Liberation Army Daily did not mention rumours of a foiled junta that spread on the internet in recent weeks after the ousting of Bo Xilai, an ambitious contender for a spot in the new central leadership structure to be settled later this year.
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