Decoding the Chinese Internet: A glosssary of Political Slang. It is a little out of date but has many examples like the OP. Giddyup Grass Mud Horse!
I know learning is bad but I would like to learn how to wash narrow neck bottles?
…until well-meaning orgs spill the beans.
I fixed it: How China’s social media users created a new language and got caught because we immediately put them on blast
Now watch as the new secret language gets banned and anyone who used it to disappear into the re-education camps.
Reddit is China.
They will have to creat a new language now. Thanks for posting.
So people create a way of avoiding government censorship…so western media is blasts all over the internet so China can figure it out. Thank god these hardworking journalists are here for the people
Reminder that almost any day of the week reddit generally supports banning so called hate speech, and misinformation. But when china, iran, Russia, do it they freak out and condemn. I know this isn’t everyone but I see it all the time
Time to write a new comic book!
Yeah it’s the Batman?
You say that like it’s the Batman?
I think the website is getting slammed cause it’s not working for me.
Windtalker vibes from the title alone.
Well now they’re dead
And now you’ve given it all away and they have to start from the beginning!
this goes with everything else banned/blocked in China
Is this why Chinese internet users (but not internet users from other countries afaik) are often referred to as ‘netizens’?
Does ‘netizen’ have a different meaning or connotation that’s lost (or at least not apparent to an outsider) in translation?
honestly, does it matter what it’s the former until it’s users treat it like a source of truth. It’s not already moderated in one way or another. It’s the former until it’s value is
Super interesting. I’m definitely going to share the VPN terminologies with my peers in my network security classes.
The reddit hug of death is still strong.