1. Besides “Shanghai Composite Index,” the Chinese characters for “today,” “tomorrow” and “yesterday” were also blocked today. “Candle” a symbol of mourning, is blocked, as is the word “mourn.”

    The censors also block searches for numbers that are components of the date of the crackdown — “six,” “four,” “eight,” “nine,” and “23.” They block “35,” because bloggers used to use “May 35” as a code to get around blocks on “June 4.”

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    ‘Today,’ ‘Tomorrow,’ and 9 Other Words You Can’t Search For In China