On China's internet, only plaudits for the party and Xi - Reuters

BEIJING, Oct 24 (Reuters) - While fiscal markets judged the result of China's Communist Party Congress harshly connected Monday, connected China's net the lone permitted effect has been full-throated support.

President Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking 3rd leadership word astatine the Congress that coiled up connected Sunday, introducing a caller Politburo Standing Committee stacked with loyalists and triggering a crisp slump successful mainland and Hong Kong stocks arsenic investors sold connected fears that economical maturation would beryllium sacrificed for policies driven by ideology.

But nary specified absorption was disposable connected China's internet, which was already heavy policed and saw a tightening up of censorship earlier and during the Congress, analysts said.

Users of the WeChat and Weibo societal media platforms were barred from commenting connected galore of the proceedings and lone allowed to spot prime comments, invariably successful praise of the party.

Some societal media users voiced disapproval successful opaquely written posts. Some posted a terse "I disagree" soon aft Xi connected Sunday unveiled the caller Politburo Standing Committee.

Such posts were deleted wrong minutes.

Manya Koetse, editor-in-chief of the What's connected Weibo website that reports connected societal trends successful China, said the periods surrounding large governmental events ever spot dense censorship and tighter power of societal media.

"What I saw, particularly aft oregon during the closing sessions, censorship seemed to beryllium adjacent tighter," she said.

The Weibo relationship of Hu Xijin, a erstwhile exertion of the state-run Global Times and an avid commentator whose articles usually enactment authorities positions and gully thousands of comments, is simply a uncommon online venue wherever differing views tin beryllium seen.

But implicit the weekend, however, it appeared authorities were taking nary chances.

The comments sections connected 3 of his 5 congress-related posts were disabled and connected the remaining two, lone a smattering of comments could beryllium seen.

"Congratulations to the motherland," said one.

"It's each for the large rejuvenation of the Chinese people", said another.

Hu declined to comment.

State and enactment groups crossed China, meanwhile, promoted the Congress energetically successful their online postings, highlighting praise for Xi and the result of the party's deliberations.

Hashtags for authorities media legislature sum dominated the apical of Weibo's viral topics list.

One uncommon online venue wherever absorption could beryllium seen was connected the Weibo relationship of Li Wenliang, the Wuhan metropolis doc who died successful 2020 aft sounding the alarm connected COVID-19 and whose past Weibo station has been an online haven for galore looking to vent astir idiosyncratic woes and nationalist policies.

Several comments posted determination connected Sunday alluded to a alteration of season, specified arsenic "winter is coming", earlier being deleted.

"An absurd age," said another.

References to the result of the Congress trickled retired connected the leafage precocious into the night, though nary referred explicitly to Xi.

"Dr Li, for the archetypal clip I person felt that this state is not going to beryllium fine, consciousness truly lost," 1 commenter wrote.

"Why is helium similar this?" asked another.

Reporting by Eduardo Baptista Editing by Tony Munroe, Robert Birsel

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.