found poem 01-03-2018
CHINA BANS WORDS
1984
Animal Farm
ascend the throne
Brave New World
chairman + lifelong control
change the law
disagree
Disney emigrate
I oppose
immortality
incapable ruler
lifelong
long live the emperor
my emperor
personality cult
praise the emperor
shameless
slavery
take the yellow gown
throughout the ages
Winnie the Pooh
Xi JinP
Xi Zedong
N
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I assume that this is not fake news! it seemed to a poem to this poor
old head because of the context even though just a list cheers P
recovering from bouts of whatever nasties
The letter N was blocked from social media search results in China as
officials attempted to quell dissent against President Xi Jinping. Other
phrases blocked included 1984, Winnie the Pooh and even the word for
“disagree” after Xi put in motion a plan to remove the two-term limit
and remain in power indefinitely. Read more Winnie-the-Pooh ‘a
philosopher to rival Plato and Confucius’ Images of Winnie the Pooh have
been used to criticise Xi, ostensibly because both are rotund.
The reason for the ban on the letter N is more obscure, with one expert
suggesting the slightly unsatisfactory explanation that it was “probably
out of fear on the part of the government that ‘N’ = ‘n terms in
office’, where possibly n > 2.” N was also swiftly reinstated, according
to watchers of the most popular Chinese social network Sina Weibo at the
Chinese Digital Times. The speed of its reappearance could lend credence
to the idea that it was blocked by mistake. Rare backlash The blocklist
was put in place by Chinese officials to stem discussion of
constitutional amendments that would get rid of the 10-year limit
brought in by Deng Xiaoping. The limit was intended to avoid the turmoil
of transitioning out of an administration focused on a single person for
a long time, as was the case after the death of Mao. The change to the
constitution has already sparked a rare backlash in China, where
political dissent is censored and dealt with harshly. Many of the terms
blocked on Weibo are related to the cult of the emperor in China,
including “long live the emperor” and “ascend the throne”, which could
be seen as criticisms of the power grab by analogy to Xi. “Xi Zedong”, a
company of Xi’s name and that of Mao Zedong, is also banned.
https://inews.co.uk/author/karl-mcdonald/
China bans the letter N as it cracks down on political dissent
Read more at:
http://inews.co.uk/news/world/china-bans-letter-n-cracks-political-dissent/?utm_campaign=iNews%20-%20Daily%20RSS%20Newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61011670&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Sd18YStl1cwMEzkOYPRs5I7yIs8YU7osVjWurjJjFIEifWHAJbqLl00AJVcum2DK-3kr4KGnhSnPMi6ZeuawGg-1U5cNZ1sf7kQbF6YxlJpwmb2M
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