China Blocks Internet Searches For 'Hydrogen Bomb'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency Credit: Reuters/KCNA

The Telegraph: China blocks internet searches for 'hydrogen bomb' and warns media not to 'hype' stories on nuclear test

China is censoring media reports and online discussion on Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test, as it seeks to allay fears over North Korea and maintain stability.

Authorities have blocked searches for the word “hydrogen bomb” and reportedly issued an order for all local media outlets not to “hype” up stories on Sunday’s test.

When Kim Jong-un staged two nuclear tests last year, online reports appeared describing people running and hiding in panic.

However, in the wake of this week’s test, only reports from citing official media describing the facts of the explosion, along with statements from authorities, can be found on the Chinese Internet via the keywords “North Korea nuclear”.

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Update: China censors discussion of North Korea's bomb test (BBC).

WNU Editor: I have been told that they are also blocking past Chinese articles that praise Kim Jong-Un.  When this happens in a Communist state .... this is usually an indication that there is going to be a major change in policy. My prediction .... China is positioning itself to actually do that (i.e. change its relationship with North Korea) if North Korea continues test firing missiles and conducting nuclear tests.