The following post from Chinese economist Han Zhiguo (韩志国) was deleted from Sina Weibo on February 1, 2012. Han Zhiguo currently has more than 3.9 million followers on Weibo, according to Sina’s numbers. [More on deleted posts at the WeiboScope Search, by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre].

The issue of separation of the Party and the government has been shouted about for 26 years, but no separation has ever happened; the issue of making the assets of officials a matter of public record has been shouted about for 17 years, but the idea has still been aborted.

Han’s original post follows:

党政分开喊了26年，一直分不开了；官员财产公布喊了17年，还是流产了

The following is a screenshot of Han Zhiguo’s Sina Weibo page: