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Consensus
Founded1 September 2009
Dissolved1 October 2016
Founder(s)Zhou Zhixing
URLwww.21ccom.net

The Consensus or Consensus Net, also known as 21st Century Web, was a Chinese renowned ideological and cultural website launched on 1 September 2009 by Zhou Zhixing. The website published commentaries and analysis from both left and right wing scholars on topics such as economics and culture.

Sponsored by Lide Consensus (Beijing) Network Media Technology Co., Ltd., the position of Consensus leaned toward liberalism.

Consensus (www.21ccom.net) was the official website of Leader Magazine in simplified Chinese, whose mission was to "seek consensus in the era of great transformation".

History

The 21ccom.net domain name was registered on February 20, 2009.

Consensus was shut down by order of the Beijing authority on October 1, 2016.

References

  1. Shun-hing Chan; Jonathan W. Johnson (6 April 2021). Citizens of Two Kingdoms: Civil Society and Christian Religion in Greater China. Brill Publishers. pp. 46–. ISBN 978-90-04-45937-3.
  2. ^ Tom Tsui (Oct 3, 2016). "China's Consensus Net, a website for open intellectual discussion, has suddenly shut down". Quartz.
  3. Guoguang Wu (18 September 2015). China's Party Congress. Cambridge University Press. pp. 314–. ISBN 978-1-107-08202-1.
  4. "Consensus Network closed on the National Day?". Deutsche Welle. Oct 3, 2016.
  5. Oiwan Lam (5 October 2016). "Chinese Authorities Shutter 'Gongshi' Intellectual Website, Leading Netizens to Ask: Is This 'The End of Consensus'?". Global Voices.
  6. "China's "Consensus Network" inaccessible, founder says future not promising". BBC.com. 2016-10-03.
  7. "A large number of Chinese military self-media have been shut down". Radio France Internationale. Oct 3, 2016.
  8. "Consensus network was suddenly closed founder: the future does not know!". Apple Daily. 2016-10-03.
  9. Yan Sun (17 September 2020). From Empire to Nation State: Ethnic Politics in China. Cambridge University Press. pp. 349–. ISBN 978-1-108-84029-3.
  10. "Why can't Consensus Network open?". Radio Free Asia. 2016-10-06.
  11. Oiwan Lam (Oct 5, 2016). "Chinese Authorities Shutter 'Gongshi' Intellectual Website, Leading Netizens to Ask: Is This 'The End of Consensus'?". Globalvoices.org.
  12. "Whois Record for 21ccom.net". WHOIS. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  13. "China's "Consensus Network" Ordered to Close". Radio France Internationale. 2016-10-03.
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