Organization:Constitutional Forum

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Short description: Defunct constitutional reform website
Constitutional Forum
Founded2002
Dissolved9 September 2003[1]
Websitewww.xianzheng.net

The Constitutional Forum,[2] whose domain name was xianzheng.net,[3] was a Mainland China-based academic thought forum dedicated to constitutional theory and China's constitutional transformation,[4] with constitutionalism as its core content.[5] It was founded in 2002,[6] and Chen Yongmiao was its webmaster.[7] The site was banned several times by the Chinese government.[8]

Shut down

On September 9, 2003, Beijing telecommunications regulators ordered the shutdown of Constitutional Forum[9] for posting articles about political and constitutional reforms.[10]

References

  1. "Beijing orders closure of a website discussing political reform". Central News Agency. September 24, 2003. http://beijingspring.com/c7/xwzh/wlfs/20030924191941.htm. 
  2. "Download File - Academic Commons - Columbia University". Columbia University. 2017-11-24. https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D82R40D4/download. 
  3. Congressional-Executive Commission on China of the United States of America (2003). Annual Report. United States Government Printing Office. pp. 97–. https://books.google.com/books?id=Bc6cOxcX3RUC&pg=PA97. 
  4. "Interview: The Evolution of China's Contemporary Intellectuals". Radio Free Asia. 2005-05-20. https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhishi_fenzi-20050520.html. 
  5. "Commentary: The Re-emergence of "Constitutionalism" in China". BBC News. 2002-10-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/chinese/china_news/newsid_2377000/23776211.stm. 
  6. "There is gold at the knees of the saints". Yahoo! News. 2018-12-13. https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E6%88%90%E9%83%BD%E7%A7%8B%E9%9B%A8%E6%95%99%E6%9C%83%E9%81%AD%E5%A4%A7%E8%A6%8F%E6%A8%A1%E6%8A%93%E6%8D%95-%E5%89%B5%E6%9C%83%E7%89%A7%E5%B8%AB%E7%8E%8B%E6%80%A1%E8%A2%AB%E6%8E%A7-%E7%85%BD%E5%8B%95%E9%A1%9B%E8%A6%86%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6-%E8%81%B2%E6%98%8E%E6%9B%9D%E5%85%89-%E5%81%9C%E6%AD%A2%E4%BD%9C%E6%83%A1%E5%90%A7%E9%95%B7%E5%AE%98-104001266.html. 
  7. "Yu Jianrong launched an online campaign against child abduction and trafficking, creating a nationwide wave of anti-trafficking voices". Voice of America. 2011-02-09. https://www.voachinese.com/a/article-20110209-campaign-save-abducted-children-115632064/777615.html. 
  8. "Youtube is shielded by China". Voice of America. 2009-03-25. https://www.voachinese.com/a/a-21-w2009-03-25-voa61-61323892/1023487.html. 
  9. Kathy Chen (Sep 24, 2003). "China Cracks Down On Growing Debate Over Political Reform". The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB106434520777450300. 
  10. "II. Research Report". Mainland Affairs Council. https://ws.mac.gov.tw/001/Upload/OldFile/public/Attachment/96292214753.pdf. Retrieved 2021-04-17.