Here is my translation of the blog post:- "Recently, internet-related incidents often show effects that counter their purposes. A certain Nanjing housing bureau chief Zhou Jiugeng (周久耕) was exposed by netizens for his corrupt behavior in the case of the ‘luxury brand cigarettes’; Henan citizen Wang Shuai (王帥) and Inner Mongolian citizen Wu Baoquan (吳保全) were arrested by the authorities because of their posting on the internet comments criticizing the local government. The latter are still being incarcerated for libel against the government. As a matter of fact, what this seemingly paradoxical cause-effect phenomenon reflects is a gradually visible contentious relationship between civil society and public power.
Can Civil Society Thrive In China?
Here is my translation of the blog post:- "Recently, internet-related incidents often show effects that counter their purposes. A certain Nanjing housing bureau chief Zhou Jiugeng (周久耕) was exposed by netizens for his corrupt behavior in the case of the ‘luxury brand cigarettes’; Henan citizen Wang Shuai (王帥) and Inner Mongolian citizen Wu Baoquan (吳保全) were arrested by the authorities because of their posting on the internet comments criticizing the local government. The latter are still being incarcerated for libel against the government. As a matter of fact, what this seemingly paradoxical cause-effect phenomenon reflects is a gradually visible contentious relationship between civil society and public power.
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