Boxun

Boxun
Web address www.boxun.com
Type of site
 Overseas Chinese community website
Available in Chinese
Current status Online

Boxun (simplified Chinese: 博讯; traditional Chinese: 博訊; pinyin: Bóxùn) is an overseas Chinese community website created by Meicun "Watson" Meng, who studied in the United States after working for two multinational companies in China. Boxun covers international political news and human rights abuses in the People's Republic of China, among other topics. Boxun allows anyone to submit news to the website, which results in a large number of articles remaining anonymous.

The Boxun servers are run from an office in North Carolina since 2000.[1] While the organization says it is independently run and audited, critics, including German leftist magazine konkret, have suggested that it is simply a tool of U.S. foreign policy.[2] Boxun.com is blocked in mainland China.[3]

In 2012, Boxun falsely reported that actress Zhang Ziyi was paid $100 million to sleep with top Chinese officials. Zhang sued Boxun in a US court for defamation. In December 2013, Boxun settled the case after agreeing to pay an undisclosed amount to Zhang and issue a front page apology.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Blog Trouble in Big China". CBC.
  2. ↑ Schmidt, Chrisitan Y. "Neuigkeiten aus der Hope Valley Road. Der Westen hofft auf ein Übergreifen der arabischen Aufstandsbewegung auf China. Und hilft ein bißchen nach." konkret. 4/2011, p. 26-27.
  3. ↑ "Chinese Authorities Continue to Shut Down, Block Web Sites". Congressional Executive Commission on China.
  4. ↑ "China's Zhang Ziyi wins sex claims case against Boxun". BBC. 18 December 2013.
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