
X Marks the Spot
Elon Musk’s new messaging app was built with Chinese users in mind. It was censored before it ever reached them, with related news coverage from state media also pulled down.

The Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨北京市委員會) is the highest organ of CCP authority in Beijing. As with all municipal-level party committees in China, it sits above the city government in the political hierarchy — the committee’s Party Secretary outranks the mayor. The committee oversees all party work in Beijing, controls key personnel appointments across government, media, and state enterprises, and is responsible for implementing directives from the CCP Central Committee. Beijing Daily Group (北京日報報業集團) serves as the committee’s official media organ. The committee’s headquarters are located at 1 Zhengyi Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing.
