Ren Zhiqiang publicly questioned the requirement that media sponsored by the Party and the government must bear the Party's name. Subsequently, his Weibo account, which had more than 30 million followers, was shut down, and he was given the punishment of probation within the Party.
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自由亚洲：网信办责令网站关闭任志强微博
2026-10-09 14:24 · 国家网信办发言人姜军2月28日就当天责令有关网站关闭任志强微博账号发表谈话，指有网民举报，任志强微博账号持续公开发布违法信息，影响恶劣。
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中文维基百科：任志强
2026-10-09 14:24 · 2016年5月2日，中共西城區委通報，任志強因多次在微博、博客等網絡平台和其他公開場合公開發表違背四項基本原則、違背黨的路線方針政策等方面的錯誤言論，嚴重違反黨的政治紀律，被處留黨察看一年處分。
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2016.02.19
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2016.02.19
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Ren Zhiqiang's Weibo Account Closed After Questioning Party Media Requirement
2016.02.28 · Reported
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