China blocks Microblogs "Revolution Jasmine"

China has suspended searches for content on popular microblog, an apparent move to stifle the mention of a "revolution" Jasmine "that had to be staged on Sunday in Chinese cities.

In the afternoon of Sunday, Chinese search for the word "Jasmine" was blocked on a service similar to Twitter operated by Sina. But the evening appeared Sina, pause, search for all content on microblog, only allowing users to query the screen names, events, and other criteria. Another microblog operated by Tencent blocked also research relating to the word "Jasmine" or "Jasmine Revolution".

Mention of a "revolution" Jasmine "seems to have started on the Web, saying the Chinese to show users in 13 cities across the country, including the capital Beijing. The call for demonstrations seem to be inspired by anti-Government protests in Egypt and Tunisia, but it is unclear who or what group has begun. A site China Boxun.com reportedly was the first to post the call to protest.

China's Internet blockade extended to other social networking sites in the country. Renren.com, a service like Facebook popular, does not permit users to post using the words "Jasmine Revolution." These attempts have returned a message, "Please don't release politically sensitive content, salacious content, commercials or any other inappropriate content."

Together with censorship on the Internet, China responded to the call for protests reported retaining activists and increasing the number of police. As of Sunday night, it seemed that he had not materialized no real protest.

Censorship on microblogs China has become increasingly restrictive in recent weeks, as anti-Government protests broke out in Egypt last month. The microblog Sina searchesfor and others had blocked the word "Egypt".

Earlier this week, were stuck in Chinese search "Hillary" and "Hillary Clinton" Sina microblog. The move seemed to be in response to a speech that Clinton US Secretary of State gave call to Governments, like China to end censorship of the Internet.

China has the largest Internet population in the world to 457 million users. The country has 63 million users of microblog, according to the China Internet Network Information Center.