Rumor, Lies, and Weibo: How Social Media is Changing the Nature of Truth in China

Touches on Bo Xilai, the coup rumor and other things. Well worth the time and effort to read . . . most interesting paragraph to me:

In the West, social media is treated skeptically for the exact same reason that it is so embraced in China: it is rife with rumors. Its break-neck speed allows little time for fact-checking or editorial supervision, which also means it can move too quickly for censors. Its noisy, open-source discussion -- anyone can say anything and watch it spread -- makes it tougher for Western users to trust, but easier for Chinese users, who know that censors can pressure official news organizations but not a hundred million anonymous citizen-bloggers.