【新唐人2012年7月14日訊】中共當局封殺大陸民眾微博的消息已不足為奇。但現在，這把箝制言論的大刀竟然揮到了美國駐上海總領事館的頭上，「@美國駐上海總領事館」的新浪官方微博日前2度被刪，消息引起了輿論轟動。
7月12號一早，新浪微博認證的官方微博「@美國駐上海總領事館」突然被無預警註銷。當天下午，微博裡出現的另一個新浪帳號「@美國駐上海使館」也再度被刪除。
同時，美國駐上海總領事館發言人史密斯•哈里森（Smith Harrison）的新浪微博帳號也被禁。他隨即以「Smith Harrison二世」申請了新帳號，並痛罵「新浪微博是個流氓」，且重復了四遍。他還寫道：「如果一個黨派是偉大的，他就不會怕別人反對。」之後這個帳號也疑似被禁。
而有趣的是，就在網友們為「@美國駐上海總領事館」微博「點蠟燭」哀悼時，「@美國駐港總領事館」率先表態，在微博中發佈了中國反美特工電影《冰山上的來客》插曲–《懷念戰友》。
這邊廂，哀悼同伴。那邊廂，網友炸鍋。有網友開玩笑，新浪關閉一個微博就像掐死一只螞蟻，但這次關美國駐上海總領事館，恐怕要掀起外交糾紛。也有網友質疑，外國駐華大使館都能給和諧掉！這個政府到底想怎樣？而武漢市民秦先生則說，新浪的做法就是一個國際大笑話。
秦先生：「那肯定是大笑話嘛，鬧的笑話還少嗎？肯定是代表官方在做這個事情。如果對它有不利因素的話，那（它）肯定要刪掉。因為甚麼東西都不能讓老百姓知道嘛。」
時事評論員藍述說，中共十八大在即，在這個敏感時刻，新浪寧願得罪所有的用戶，寧願讓所有的競爭對手看笑話，也要封殺。
時事評論員藍述：「最近天津薊縣出現大火以後，上海領事館多報了幾條敏感的消息，新浪害怕自己被主子罵。所以它就把上海領事館的微博給封了。網路本來是促進信息流通的，可是新浪居然搞這種東西。」
「美國駐上海總領事館」隨後通過《騰訊》微博，就《新浪》微博帳號12號起被封殺一事發表聲明。
聲明說，「今天早上我們發現官方的@美國駐上海總領事館在新浪的微博帳號無法運行。我們正在試圖搞清楚為甚麼會發生這樣的狀況。我們希望可以儘快恢復我們在新浪微博的正常運營。」
在此之前，《紐約時報》經過認證的《新浪》微博帳號也被封殺，而在《新浪》微博上搜索「美國駐港總領事館」、「美國駐華使館」等，搜索結果也未予顯示。
媒體學者焦國標：「你有甚麼權利這麼隨意的剝奪別人的言論自由？你的法律依據是甚麼？它（新浪）只能在它的範圍內胡作非為，但媒體的言論和自由它是擋不住的。」
有趣的是，中共黨媒《人民日報》12號發表了一篇題為「華盛頓應克制民主說教的衝動」評論文章。藍述指出，來到中國的美國官員，他們內心的善良和人道本性沒有受到中共嚴重的扭曲。由於中共的經濟利益和全球捆綁的很厲害，在一些小事情上他們可能不發表出格言論，但如果有的大事件或者大的社會不公發生時，他們一定會發聲的。
藍述：「這個時候，你就會發現這些官員有意無意的、控制不住自己，他就會衝破中美兩國在利益問題的一些規範或潛規則，通過各種形式婉轉的把他要說的話講出來。這個東西是很自然的，因為他是在自由世界長大的人，所以他的價值觀，到時候就會反應出來。」
目前，美國國務院以及美國駐華大使館還沒有就有關事件作出評論。
採訪/李倩倩 編輯/王子琦 後製/李若琳
Hot Comments on the Blockade of Microblog of Shanghai U.S. Consulate
It’s very common that the Chinese communist Party(CCP)
regime shuts down Chinese people’s Microblogs,
but now, it extended its control to the Shanghai U.S. consulate.
The official Microblog “@Shanghai US general consulate”
was deleted twice recently, which caused quite a stir.
On the morning of July 12, Sina Microblog confirmed that
the official Microblog of “@Shanghai US general consulate”
was cancelled without any alert.
In the afternoon, another Sina Microblog,
“@Shanghai US embassy” was deleted as well.
At the same time, the Sina Microblog of the spokesman
for Shanghai U.S. general consulate, Smith Harrison, was blocked.
Mr. Smith Harrison applied for another Sina Microblog
“Smith Harrison II” immediately and
complained four times with the words “Sina Microblog is Rogue.”
He wrote, ”If a party is great, it will not afraid of opposition.”
Now, this Microblog account appears to have been banned.
Interestingly, when netizens “lit candles” for the Microblog,
“@Shanghai US general consulate”,
“@Hongkong US general consulate” posted a piece of
music called, “missing comrades” on its Microblog.
This music is the interlude of the Chinese anti-American
movie, “Visitors from the Ice mountain.”
The news sparked a heated discussion among netizens.
Some netizens said that Sina canceling a Microblog is like
strangling an ant,
but in this case, it cancelled the microblog of Shanghai
US general consulate, which may set off a diplomatic dispute.
Some netizens questioned, even a foreign embassy’s account
could be blocked, and questioned the motives of the regime.
Mr. Qin from Wuhan city said, the actions of Sina
are an international joke.
Mr. Qin: “It certainly is a big joke!
How many jokes made!
It must be the government who controls Sina that did this.
If there’s any unfavorable words, CCP will delete them,
because CCP doesn’t want the people know true things.”
Lan Shu, a current affairs commentator, said with the closing
of the 18th National Congress, it is a sensitive period.
Sina even likes to offend all users, and even prefers
all competitors to laugh at it, it will block truthful news.
Lan Shu: “After the Tianjin Jixian fire which happened
recently, Shanghai U.S. consulate reported the sensitive news.
Sina is afraid of its owner to challenge it, then it blocked
the Microblog of Shanghai U.S. consulate.
Internet is a tool that to promote information sharing,
but Sina took this kind of action.”
The Shanghai U.S. general consulate then issued a statement
on Tencent Microblog on July 12 to explain its opinion on its deleted Sina Microblog.
It stated, “This morning, we found that our official Sina
Microblog account 『@Shanghai US general consulate’ didn’t work.
We are trying to understand the reason.
We hope our Sina Microblog operation can be restored ASAP.”
Prior to this, the Sina Microblog of the New York Times
was deleted.
Now, there’s no result when we search for “@Hong kong US
general consulate”, “@China US embassy”on Sina Microblog.
Jiao Guobiao, a media scholar: “What’s right you have
to grab others’ freedom of expression randomly?
What’s the law you followed?
Sina only can abuse its power within a scope,
it can’t block the freedom of the media.”
It』s a joke that the CCP』s official media, “People’s Daily,”
published a comment article on July 12 entitled,
“Washington should refrain from Impulse to
Preach Democracy.”
Lan Shu pointed out that the goodness and human nature
of the U.S. officials hasn’t been affected by the CCP after they work in China.
However, because CCP bundles economic interests closely
with its political things, the officials may not speak out in small cases.
When a big event or a large social injustice happens
in the society, they will speak out.
Lan Shu: “In this time, you can see the officials couldn’t
control themselves intentionally or unintentionally, to speak out.
Even their words are delivered in different ways
and aren’t strict, but it broke the specifications or unspoken rules of the US-Sino business interests.
This is nature. Because they grew up in a free society,
their world values will reflect that outward sometimes.”
So far, the U.S. State Department and U.S. Embassy in China
haven’t commented on this case.
