Chinese media published the same story about Gu Kailai . Articles about murder charges have been banned on Chinese social media . Discussion about Gu 's trial and the surrounding scandal was blocked on social media Friday , but netizens in China appeared to be using code names to evade censors . Gu 's murder trial on Thursday lasted 7 days .
Chinese media published the same story about Gu Kailai . Articles about murder charges have been banned on Chinese social media . Gu 's murder trial on Thursday lasted 7 days .