US consulate V.S Weibo

Weibo is the Chinese version of Twitter. And US consulate in Shanghai uses weibo account to interact with Chinese citizens. He(I assume this account is managed by male) might comment something that state media in China wrote, retweet news/post by other users, or reply to a specific news with witty remarks. I suspect this is the cause of Sina weibo blocking his account


Here's one example of his tweet.

 
The user @yawnki said "US gov. should explain the incident in New York where Tianjing people were burnt"
"This is a grievous incident. /candle /candle  But we look through all media reports in United Stated, and this incident didn't happen in New York city" replied US consulate in Shanghai" replied US consulate
Background info:
Tianjing mall fire. It's said that the fire truck arrive late, and only handful arrive at all.  State media said only 10 people died and nobody reported missing. It's a five story building and the fire burned for several hours, no one believe the figures by state media. Other media are ordered not do independent report or do any report at all except copy and paste the post by sate media. It's, of course a heavily censored subject on Weibo.
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One major media in China Nanny published an article about such phenomenon with the title"A handle sell Meng" a few days ago.  You could also read how "the U.S. consulates in Shanghai and Hong Kong have stood out for their use of playful language filled with trendy online expressions by Chinese web users to chime in on hot social and political topics in China" on US social media account in China disappears
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Today, to my surprise, the weibo account of US consulate in Shangha is blocked by weibo, twice!
Here's the google cache of his weibo.(Image is taken from the cache)


Original account:  weibo.com/usconsulateshanghai  -> user blocked(exactly when is it blocked?)
Second account:  weibo.com/u/2852249711   ->user deleted (deleted on July 12 2012, 3PM Beijing time)
Third account: weibo.com/u/2882303557 -> still alive (as of July 12 2012, 10PM Beijing time)  Some tweet has been censored.-> user deleted (July 12 2012 afternoon Beijingtime)
Note: It's reported that the second and third account is not officially operated by U.S consulate. But it's not clear whether they're operated by staff of consulate or just by ordinary Chinese citizen.

Example of his censored tweet.
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"Sorry, this tweet is not suitable for publication. If you need help, please contact customer support.http://t.cn/z0D6ZaQ"


Note: Only VIP weibo account could be viewed without your logging in. So if you see a login page, just fill  the name: [email protected] password: weibo123

The original account is VIP verified and has more than 84K followers. Second and third account are not VIP verified. Also, newly registered user have to provide a valid name with the corresponding Mainland China identity card number to tweet/retweet/comment.  Don't know how they got those info.
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"This time,we lost to China " says US consulate in Shanghai after original weibo account is deleted. And he just had enough time post post this very tweet before the 2nd account was deleted. He get 376 followers by then. He just had time to post this one tweet before his account was deleted again.



 He registered another account and changed his bio to US consulate-general in Shanghai III (Party member of Incarnation party )

His first tweet is that "according to relevant law-tortoise, I have to incarnate again. This is my 3rd life"
"law-tortoise" is homophone with "laws and regulations" in Chinese.

Why is his weibo account blocked?

Indeed, weibo users asked him exactly the same question.
"Honey, what's wrong? You incarnated again.Do you know why?" said one user.
"Oh, such a pool thing. Which law do you violate to be blocked again and again?" Said another.
His reply was "I have no clue myself"
His Tencent weibo is not blocked though. And he posted an announcement concerning this matter on this platform.(http://t.qq.com/USConsulateShanghai)





 Update: July 17th 7pm Beijing time

He[3rd account] changes his name to United States go on Tomorrow (From United States Consulate in Shanghai)
His tweet: Everyone: I'm afraid to incarnate. Change the name now, and would change back tomorrow.OK?

Update : July 18th10am Beijing time

He changes his name to US-China talk and stated in his bio"Tweets don't represent official attitude " (of US consulate in Shanghai)

And post another controversial tweet. "Let's forget the past for a moment, just talk about the last 10 years. I observe the government do nothing except keeping stability, demolishing houses, increasing housing prices and commodity prices. Oh, almost forget, the government also launched Shenzhou-9  "

Update: 3rd account deleted

Update:
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said he had no information on the inaccessibility of the consulate's blog, adding China manages the Internet according to its laws and regulations.

A Sina Weibo employee in a department that oversees the microblog site's operations said there could be a technical glitch.

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---From yahoo news


FYI:
Other U.S consulate account on weibo.
Tencent weibo:U.S Conluate in Shanghai
U.S consulate in Shanghai visa
U.S consulate in Shanghai business
U.S consulate in Shanghai agriculture trade
U.S consulate in Hongkong&Macau
U.S Consulate in ShenYang
U.S consulate in Chendu
U.S consulate in Guangzhou


 "大使馆"(embassy), "领事馆"(consulate) are restricted words on weibo.