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But <<intolerance,like all minorities>>, they are generally more fucked in <<dictatorship,dictatorships>>, since they can be easily crushed by majorities.
Therefore, all gay people must be against the CCP.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_China | https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/中华人民共和国LGBT权益
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_China | https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/中国同性恋史
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_territory | https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/各地LGBT权利
* https://www.zhihu.com/question/370080866/answer/1046195468 at <<zhihu>>
* <<gay-putin>>
* 2021-07-07 https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-wechat-deletes-university-lgbt-accounts-2021-07-07/ "China's Wechat deletes university LGBT accounts" on <<wechat>>
* 2021-06-22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ying_(footballer,_born_1993)[Li Ying] (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/李影_(足球运动员)[李影]), Chinese female footbaler, comes out as lesbian
** https://supchina.com/2021/06/25/chinese-soccer-stars-history-making-coming-out-moment-ruined-by-homophobic-bigots/
* 2020-08-14 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3097377/shanghai-pride-cancelled-after-11-years-blow-lgbt-community "Shanghai Pride cancelled after 11 years in blow to China's LGBT community". "
Organisers are 'taking a break from scheduling any future events', they say in social media message".
** the Tweet: https://twitter.com/ShanghaiPride/status/1293897794919510016 "上海骄傲节终止所有活动" (Shanhai Pride will be stopping all activities)
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Pride
* 2020-01-07 https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/why-china-raising-prospect-same-sex-marriage-n1109471 "Why is China raising the prospect of same-sex marriage?"
* 2018 <<weibo>> temporary homosexual ban:
** 2018-04-16 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/china-weibo-bans-homosexual-content-protest "China's Weibo reverses ban on 'homosexual' content after outcry", hashtags `#iamgay` and `#iamgaynotapervert`
** 2018-04-13 https://www.whatsonweibo.com/weibos-new-online-guidelines-no-homosexuality-allowed/
* 2017-07-16 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40610679 "Chinese gay video ban sparks online backlash"
** 2017-06-30 https://www.whatsonweibo.com/new-rules-online-videos-china-no-displays-homosexuality/ "New Rules for Online Videos in China: "No Displays of Homosexuality""
* 2016-03-04 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/04/china-bans-gay-people-television-clampdown-xi-jinping-censorship "China bans depictions of gay people on television". One of the most prominent series banned was link:++https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addicted_(web_series)++[Addicted (2016, 上瘾)].
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.Widely distributed still from the Addicted 2016 series which was banned showing a presumably gay couple lying in bed. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/04/china-bans-gay-people-television-clampdown-xi-jinping-censorship[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Addicted_bed.jpg[height=400]
.Lesbian couple kissing in <<tiananmen,Tiananmen Square>> with Mao's painting and confused/disgusted guards in the background who are likely about to call their superiors to ask what they should do. The photo likely surfaced in 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20200301224434/https://www.salon.com/2006/01/17/lesbians_china/[as mentioned] in link:++https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_(website)++[salon.com] which said it came form https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boing_Boing[Boing Boing]. It was not however picked up by any major website. Ciro actually thought this could have been ripped from some television series due to the amazing expression on the guards' faces. TODO: find the original Chinese source, translate the watermarks, and see if their identity is known. Another one can be seen at: https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1956753-fully-automated-luxury-gay-space-communism[] under the title "fully automated lesbians" which is a subset of "Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism". TODO origin. What is that uniform? http://www.chinatoday.com/entertain/tiananmen_kiss.htm[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Tiananmen_lesbian_kiss.jpg[height=500]
[[qing-gay-scroll]]
.<<throne,Qing dynasty>> (18th–19th c.) panel from a scroll showing two men engaging in foreplay, apparently located in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_Institute[Kinsey Institute] as of 2005. For an ancient depiction of heterosexual sexual activity, see <<jin-ping-mei,this image>>. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Love_play_in_China.jpg[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Qing_Dinasty_gay_foreplay.jpg[height=400]
.Lesbian couple hugging in Shanghai in the 1930s. The woman on the left might have had polio based on the deformity of their right leg. TODO proper source, could not find one on Google reverse image search. https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/muvkmu/a_lesbian_couple_embracing_posing_in_their_qipao/[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Lesbian_couple_Shanghai_30s.jpg[height=500]
[[womans-rights]]
== Woman's rights (妇女权利)
* 2021-04-20 https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/19/china/china-feminists-silenced-intl-hnk-dst/index.html "Chinese feminists are being silenced by nationalist trolls. Some are fighting back" mentions Liang Xiaomen, Xiao Meili and Zheng Churan
A fork from 2021-02-08 is visible at: https://github.com/wumaoland/evil-man and tracked in-tree under this repository at: link:evil-man[]
Archive of the github pages: https://web.archive.org/web/20210225163949/https://cnwoman-bot.github.io/evil-man/
Question about it on <<zhihu>>: https://www.zhihu.com/question/361158296[] 如何看待微博用户「索多玛-」建立的GitHub仓库「Evil Man - 中国男性之恶」？ (What do you think about the repository "Evil Man - Chinese Evil Man" created by <<weibo>> user "Sodom" (索多玛))?
Related 2021 censored question about the larger phenomena it on <<zhihu>> http://www.zhihu.com/question/362285803 如何评价热门女权文章《中国男性之恶》？ (What do you think about the hot essay "Evil Chinese Man"?). No archives found however. The title can be seen as a link from https://www.zhihu.com/question/361158296[].
GitHub appears to be the original source according to https://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/624360.html from <<china-digital-times>>.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Too_movement#China
Label: https://github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship/issues?q=label%3Ametoo+[metoo].
Women seem to have had difficulty in expressing themselves due to <<censorship>>, unsurprisingly.
* Zhou Xiaoxuan v. TV anchor Zhu Jun
* Liu Jingyao v. billionaire Liu Qiangdong
* Zou Sicong and He Qian v. Deng Fei
Related <<github-repositories-with-censored-information>>:
* https://github.com/NGOMeToo/NGOMeToo.github.io
[[labour-rights]]
== Labour rights (劳工权益)
One more case where <<censorship-makes-it-harder-to-solve-social-problems>>.
They key problem seems to be that you cannot freely establish a trade union without government approval, so you not as well represented as an employee.
The same general line that applies to any organization: every movement has to be government approved.
* 2021 Mengzhu TODO Chinese name. https://www.npr.org/2021/04/13/984994360/he-tried-to-organize-workers-in-chinas-gig-economy-now-he-faces-5-years-in-jail
* 2021-06-09 Protests held after it was announced that Nanjing University (C9 league, China's Ivy League) would be merged with a vocational institute (much much less prestigious)
** https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-57409218 Normal University's Zhongbei College
** scuffle videos
*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7QMLGmfO8U
*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmndJO9_ayk
*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1A9n-bGPFo
* 2021-03-02 Chen Tianhe https://web.archive.org/web/20210623101950/https://en.appledaily.com/article/EK4WOQBICNEGDFP2SSG7ZJ3PGI/ (https://hk.appledaily.com/china/20210301/KM2MXDHHXRAQHFB4MYFU6XOFTY/[Chinese version]) "Chinese food delivery worker detained after campaigning for labor rights":
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Chinese authorities have detained a worker after he advocated for fair pay and other labor rights from his former employer, the food delivery giant Ele.me.
Chen Tianhe (陳天河) has not been heard from since he was detained on Feb. 25, according to mainland Chinese media reports.
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* 2020 City Dream film (城市梦) Weijun Chen's (陈为军) lively new film documents the struggles of Wang Tiancheng, an elderly and cantakerous street vendor in Wuhan, China, whose business is threatened by the development of a new retail district.
** 2021 http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007364 New Film Turns the Tables on China’s Infamous 'Chengguan' (城管)
** not censured in China:
*** https://baike.baidu.com/item/城市梦/23578924 on <<baidu-baike>>
*** http://www.xinhuanet.com/ent/2020-08/27/c_1126417894.htm on <<xinhua>>
[[nine-nine-six-icu]]
=== 996.ICU (2019)
Repository published in 2019-04 protesting against excessive work hours by Chinese programmers.
At some point it moved its README to English.
This was not directly censored to our knowledge, but the fact that it was published on GitHub rather than Chinese social media highlights the obvious fact that Chinese programmers were weary of doing it under CCP controlled media which they do not trust.
* "996": work from 9AM to 9PM 6 days a week. This is part of a wider tendency of Chinese netizens to use <<internet-number-slang>>
* "ICU": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_care_unit[Intensive Care Unit]
Reached 180k stars in a week, and was the second most starred repository as of 2019-10 https://github.com/search?q=stars%3A%3E100&s=stars&type=Repositories[] (https://web.archive.org/web/20191023084929/https://github.com/search?q=stars%3A%3E100&s=stars&type=Repositories[archive])!!!
This is therefore the best example for Chinese tech workers that <<richer,freedom of speech is a good thing>>.
* https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/b927sk/tencent_xiaomi_and_others_block_github_page/
* https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/b8t8cc/overworked_chinese_developers_gather_on_github_to/
* https://github.com/formulahendry/955.WLB a whitelist version of 996 ICU. Good thoughts.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8wWoQ3_F00 The Extreme 996 Work Culture in China by VICE (2021)
Other interesting GitHub repositories: <<github-repositories-with-censored-information>>.
.996.ICU logo. https://github.com/996icu[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/996ICU.png[height=400]
[[jasic]]
=== Jasic Workers Solidarity Group (佳士工人声援团, 2018)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasic_Workers_Solidarity_Group
.Yue Xin with the Jasic <<t-shirt,T-shirt>>. That T-shirt is official to the movement, and can be seen worn by many other people in other photos. TODO what does their T-shirt say??? It is impossible to decode that beautiful script. Looks like: 伺伭就X刀量. And who are the people it depicts? A perfectly clean image can be seen on their Twitter: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1033004258184941569/2pcCgIUK_400x400.jpg[].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Yue_Xin_Jasic_shirt.jpg[height=400]
[[jasic-incident]]
==== Jasic incident (佳士事件)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasic_incident
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/佳士事件
https://github.com/sikaozhe1997/Xin-Yue is a <<github-repositories-with-censored-information>> with an open letter by student activist:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yue_Xin_(activist)[Yue Xin]
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/岳昕[岳昕])
* https://www.nchrd.org/2019/01/yue-xin on <<chinese-human-rights-defenders>>
about the events described at https://web.archive.org/web/20200104064812/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/world/asia/china-metoo-gao-yan.html["China's #MeToo: How a 20-Year-Old Rape Case Became a Rallying Cry"] she accuses professor Shen Yang of the Peking University Chinese literature of raping student Gao Yan, ultimately leading to her suicide in 1998:
* https://sikaozhe1997.github.io/Xin-Yue/#/岳昕：致北京大学师生和北大外国语学院的一封公开信.md Chinese original
* https://github.com/sikaozhe1997/Xin-Yue/blob/master/letter.md in-tree translation "Yue Xin: An open letter to the students and academic staff of Peking University and the PKU School of Foreign Languages"
* 2018-04 https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/04/translation-open-letter-on-peking-university-metoo-case/ "TRANSLATION: OPEN LETTER ON PKU #METOO CASE" by <<china-digital-times>>
This was one of the starting points of <<terminus2049>>.
The letter was also apparently embedded into the <<bitcoin-blockchain,Ethereum blockchain>> according to https://theconversation.com/chinese-internet-users-turn-to-the-blockchain-to-fight-against-government-censorship-111795[].
[[politicians]]
== Chinese politicians (中国政治家)
[[xi-jinping]]
=== Xi Jinping (习近平, 2012-∞, Heil卐!)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/习近平
Bibliography:
* https://evchk.wikia.org/zh/wiki/習近平
[[xi-abolishes-term-limits-2018-03]]
==== Xi abolishes term limits (习近平取消国家主席任期限制, 2018-03)
* 包子露宪 https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/03/phrase-week-steamed-bun-betrays-constitution by <<china-digital-times>>
* https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-term-limit-explainer.html
** https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180312/china-xi-jinping-term-limit-explainer/
.<<rebel-pepper>> cartoon showing Xi Jinping preparing to sleep in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Mao_Zedong[Mao Zedong's tomb], meaning that Xi also wants to reach Mao's "eternal ruler" status when he abolished term limits in 2018. https://www.rfa.org/english/cartoons/XiJinping-Eternity-cartoon-02282018104813.html[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_sleep_Mao.jpg[height=400]
.1977 photo showing Mao's actual glass tomb during his funeral, with famous politicians in the background. It is interesting to see that Mao https://mummipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mao_Zedong[features on the "Fandom Mummipedia Wiki"]. https://apnews.com/a94a0d7a824b474fb11545e8c4481c21[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Mao_coffin.jpeg[height=400]
.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist[The Economist] "Let's party like it's 1793" cover from May 4th – 10th 2013 depicting a painting of Xi Jinping dressed as emperor of China. The famous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qianlong_Empero[Qianlong Emperor] was in power at that time. The title is likely a joke based on the more well known https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/party-like-its-1969-woodstock-forty-years-on-1722695.html["Let's party like it's 1969"] due to the legendary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock[Woodstock festival]. Party is also a play on words between the Communist Party and a night party. TODO why 1793 specifically shows another one from Sep 28, 2020 by French Magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Obs[l'Obs] entitled "L'Éternel Empire" (The Eternal Empire), using a similar picture to: <<ciro-santilli-as-qing-emperor,Ciro Santilli as Qing Emperor>>. https://www.cafeyn.co/uk/publication/l-obs-hors-serie/21640297 https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/329929668155293696[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Lets_party_like_its_1793.jpg[height=600]
[[panama-papers]]
==== Panama papers (巴拿马文件, 2016)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/巴拿馬文件
Leak of financial data implicating <<corruption,many corruption scandals>>.
* <<xi-jinping>> through his brother-in-law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Jiagui[Deng Jiagui] (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/邓家贵[邓家贵]).
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jia_Qinglin[Jia Qinglin] (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/贾庆林[贾庆林]), fourth in Chinese power from 2003 to 2013, through:
** Jasmine Li (李紫丹), his granddaughter
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Pak-tam[Li Pak-tam] (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/李伯潭[李伯潭]), his son-in-law
* <<li-peng>> through his daughter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Xiaolin[Li Xiaolin] (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/李小琳[李小琳])
* <<bo-xilai>> through his associate https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-bo-devillers-idUSBRE84E0HA20120515[Patrick Henri Devillers]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Yunshan[Liu Yunshan] (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/刘云山[刘云山]), politburo 2012-2017, through his daughter-in-law Jia Liqing
See also <<ciro-santilli>>'s answer to https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-net-worth-of-Xi-Jinping/answer/Ciro-Santilli[What is the net worth of Xi Jinping?] answer on <<quora>>.
[[foreign-citizenship-of-xi-jinping-s-family]]
===== Foreign citizenship of Xi Jinping's family (习近平家族外籍人士)
<<li-hongzhi,Cult leaders>> hate having <<li-hongzhis-family,their families examined>>. So let's do it.
TODO confirm: https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/c20xf3/almost_every_members_in_president_xis_family/ from <<reddit>>. Seems fake.
One Redditor https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/c20xf3/almost_every_members_in_president_xis_family/ergsu6v/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3[translated]:
* Xi's eldest sis - Canadian
* Xi's 2nd sis - Australian
* Xi's younger bro - Australia
* Xi's daughter - American. Really???
* Hu's daughter - American
* Jiang's grandchild - American
* Deng's son - American
* Deng's grandchild - American
* Mao's grandchild - American
====== Xi Mingze (Xi Jinping's daughter, 习明泽)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Mingze
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/习明泽
Went to Harvard from 2010 to 2014 under pseudonym, apparently Xiao Muzi (小木子).
The news was apparently broken in 2012 by the UK tabloid Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234651/Xi-Jinping-Chinas-new-Princess--daughter-Communist-president-studying-quietly-Harvard.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/xi-mingze-harvard-article-goes-viral-2012-11 mentions:
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The Chinese elite is no doubt keen to avoid questions about how exactly Xi Jinping can afford his daughters fees. Officially, his salary is less than $13,000 a year, and Xi's circle has been remarkably cagey about reports of his family's true wealth before.
plus 24-hour bodyguards. <<panama-papers>> comes to mind.
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/xi-mingze-16091.php says birthday June 27, 1992.
https://answersafrica.com/meet-xi-mingze-xi-jinpings-daughter-is-she-married-where-is-she-now.html gives some public appearances, e.g. in New York in 2018.
[[xi-jinping-memes]]
==== Xi Jinping memes (习近平模因)
Master issue: https://github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship/issues/231
* 習包子: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=29230 says:
Xi Jinping got his nickname as "Xi baozi 習包子" ("<<buns,steamed stuffed bun Xi>>") due to the much publicized visit he made to the famous Qìngfēng bāozi pù 庆丰包子铺 ("Qingfeng baozi shop") in Beijing. During and after his visit to the shop, media swarmed over the place and were eager to portray an image of Xi as being down to earth and close to the people. Those who dislike Xi use this nickname sarcastically against him for being a hick and for hypocritically "putting on a show" (zuòxiù 作秀).
See also: <<buns>>.
* 大撒币: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=29230 says:
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It can be translated as "big spender," a play on the literal translation of the words sā bì 撒币 "throw money" and "stupid cunt" (shǎ bī 傻逼). The nickname takes aim at the economic aid Xi has promised to foreign countries; the moniker is so widely used on Chinese social media that the censors' repressive measures only draw more attention to it, and to the criticism embedded within it.
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Other images:
* Xi Jinping is destroying the economy more than USA's sanctions (2021),
** English version: https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/pb5ft2/meme_xis_successive_series_of_economically/
** Chinese version: https://twitter.com/xijinpingqindie/status/1429480173938745348
** refers to:
*** https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-27/china-tech-crackdown-xi-charts-new-model-after-emulating-silicon-valley
*** https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/the-biden-administrations-china-sanctions-dilemma/
.<<xi-jinping>> photoshopped as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(character)[The Joker] (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/小丑_(角色)[小丑]). Would have been perfect with https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/22/ren-zhiqiang-who-called-chinese-president-a-clown-jailed-for-18-years[2020-09-22 Ren Zhiqiang - who called Chinese president a 'clown' - jailed for 18 years], see also: <<corruption>>. https://www.reddit.com/r/chonglangTV/comments/m04q0p/乌合麒麟新作一尊小丑/[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_Jinping_photoshopped_as_The_Joker.jpg[height=400]
.<<xi-jinping>>, <<jiang-zemin>> and <<hu-jintao>> photoshopped on top of a clothing advertisement (TODO original). The text reads: "江胡险恶 习以为常". TODO understand. 江胡 are the surnames of <<jiang-zemin>> and <<hu-jintao>>. 习 is the surname of; <<xi-jinping>>. "习以为常" is a fixed expression that means "to get accustomed to". Also asked at: https://www.mohu.rocks/question/573 on <<mohu>>, and explained at: https://www.secretchina.com/news/gb/2003/12/03/56236.html from <<falun-gong-media>>. https://twitter.com/BeqB38ldjIu5acT/status/1377094062063292418[Source]
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_Jiang_Hu.jpg[height=400]
.Meme impliying that <<xi-jinping>>'s 2021 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-08-01/china-tech-crackdown-communist-party-policy-changes-behind-1-trillion-selloff[tech crackdown] was much mroe destructive to the Chinese economy than https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/the-biden-administrations-china-sanctions-dilemma/[contemporary economic sanctions imposed by United States president Biden]. https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/pb5ft2/meme_xis_successive_series_of_economically/[English source], https://twitter.com/xijinpingqindie/status/1429480173938745348[Chinese source], meme template https://www.reddit.com/r/MemeTemplatesOfficial/comments/dlla95/man_hold_man_a_knifepoint_an_then_someone_shoots/[by Joan Cornella].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Biden_sanctions_vs_Xi_Jinping_tech_crackdown_2021.jpg[height=700]
[[xi-jinping-lookalikes]]
===== Xi Jinping lookalikes (习近平撞脸)
[[xi-jinping-bdsm-cosplay]]
.2019-05-21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadomasochism[Sadomasochist] (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/虐戀_(性學)[虐恋]) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM[BDSM] (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM[zh], SM) <<xi-jinping>> lookalike or photoshop in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondage_suit[bondage suit] (gimp suit, fetish gear) at a cosplay fair. TODO: is this a Photoshop and if yes what's the original pic, publish dates, location/event. <<ciro-santilli>> googled a lot for it, but it was beyond his skills :-( Earliest post found so far: 2019-05-21 08:49:20 GMT+1 (Imgur timestamp) going wild on <<ptt>>: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/joke/M.1558454171.A.5C9.html[] entitled "這位coser是誰啊？好眼熟。" (Who is this Cosplayer? He looks familiar.) by user "a15568". Watermark reads "I am Dasen 郭", where "郭" is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo[a common Chinese surname]. Notable discussion threads: https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/ckgs5l/xi_jinping_took_to_the_streets_to_demonstrate_his/[r/China 2019-08-01], https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/ke4hde/nice_pic_i_found/[r/China 2020-12-16], https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/ckjf65/gee_i_am_sure_chairman_xi_will_really_appreciate/[2019-08-01]
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_sadomasochist.jpg[height=500]
.2020-01-01 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shengjian_mantou[Pan-fried dumpling] Xi Jinping lookalike (生煎包习近平撞脸). Furthermore, this reminded people of <<xi-jinping-memes,習包子>>. A <<taiwan,Taiwanese>> report from 2020-01-01: https://news.tvbs.com.tw/world/1257030 TODO name, location. One of the many videos of him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTt8Sjer6cc[]
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Mantou_Xi_lookalike.jpg[height=400]
[[liu-keqing-singer]]
.2020-05-12 Liu Keqing (刘克清) is an opera singer who had his personal videos on <<tiktok>> taken down from time to time because he looks too much like <<xi-jinping,The One>>. https://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/2020/05/【立此存照】只因太像习近平？歌唱家刘克清形/[China Digital Times report]. One of his personal vlogs reuploaded to YouTube where he shared singing techniques and thoughts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPFKUhJdqzk[]. A video of him performing professionally in a chamber concert: 2018-11-02 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z98-Mqci4ag[].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Liu_Keqing_singer_Xi_lookalike.jpeg[height=400]
* 2014-06-23 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-27926747/meet-the-chinese-presidential-pancake-seller "Shao Jianhua" TODO Chinese name, name of dish he sells. Too young and not fat enough.
* https://youtu.be/8221d7F8Uzc?t=145 in video from Stuart Wiggin, see also: <<ccp-apologists>>
[[xi-jinping-porn]]
===== Xi Jinping porn (习近平色情)
TODO <<ciro-santilli>> is very interested in finding this!
Good Photoshops:
* <<xi-jinping-bdsm-cosplay,Xi Jinping BDSM at cosplay fair>>
* https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1613570-xi-jinping Xi Jinping GIF photoshop tearing his shirt off AKA "Who you calling <<winnie-the-pooh,winnie>>"
* https://upload.hkgolden.media/comment/1jlodt1a.hrgaikqi1gd.p3gj2baklr0.vst.gif at https://forum.hkgolden.com/thread/7410636/page/1 massaging a penis from over underwear
Bad Photoshops:
* https://youtu.be/mX5HQOYk3go?t=45 bad Photoshop of adding a Xi Jinping face to a BDSM porn actor. TODO find image
* https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm38084556
* https://club.6parkbbs.com/bolun/index.php?app=forum&act=threadview&tid=15759443
Hentai:
* 2016 https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/xl2-02112016111224.html 日本漫画家报复中国不尊重版权疑似毛泽东习近平成色情主角 (Japanese cartoonist revenges China for disrespect of copyright, suspected of Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping as pornographic protagonist) by <<rfa>>. Appears to be by artist Rin Sanada (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/真田鈴[真田鈴]) Part of the idea is that to prevent copyright infringement, you just use something that will be forbidden in China anyways!
** TODO how to access it in full? Work name?
** https://disp.cc/b/163-9f5E screenshot used on <<ptt>>
** https://www.mohu.rocks/question/id-6851__sort_key-agree_count__sort-ASC screenshot used in a <<mohu>> thread
Good possible video bases for usage in <<xi-jinping-deepfakes>>:
* https://cache.hkgolden.media/compress/https://i.imgur.com/tiwgkCg.gif
Images:
* https://www.buzzfeed.com/pablovaldivia/gay-porn-memes
[[winnie-the-pooh]]
===== Xi Jinping looks like Winnie-the-Pooh (习近平长得像小熊维尼, 2017)
Got censored due to comparisons between Xi Jinping and Winnie in 2017: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh#Censorship_in_China
Thailand has their own version: <<thai-king-hamtaro>>.
In <<xi-dada>> we see that a <<peoples-daily>> video actually interviews someone who mentions that, so the meme has had a positive connotation at least some point in the past.
* 2021-06-07: Triple A game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2077[Cyberpunk 2077] developer used a "Winnie the Pooh" label internally to mark game content that needed to be censored for the Chinese release as shown by a source code leak
** More precisely, the constant was named `Censor_WinnieThePooh`, with a comment `// China`.
** https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/nua4do/cdpr_seems_to_have_used_the_name_winnie_the_pooh/
** https://gamerant.com/cyberpunk-2077-winnie-the-pooh-china-source-code-leak/
** https://www.vg247.com/2021/06/08/cyberpunk-2077-winnie-the-pooh-china-censor/
.Comparison image between Xi Jinping waking with then USA president https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama[Barack Obama] with a Winnie-the-Pooh cartoon still of Winnie walking with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigger[Tigger, the tiger]. The original photo is from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-09/obama2c-xi-forge-rapport-in-debut-summit/4742616[Xi's 2013 visit to the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, California]. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/17/oh-bother-chinese-censors-block-winnie-pooh-meme-comparing-xi/[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_Pooh_Obama.webp[height=400]
.Comparison image between Xi Jinping shaking hands with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinzo_Abe[the Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe] and a Winnie-the-Pooh cartoon still of Winnie shaking hands with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeyore[Eeyore, the donkey]. The original photo is from https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/world/asia/leaders-of-china-and-japan-hold-long-awaited-meeting.html[Abe's lacklustre 2014 visit to Beijing]. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/china-bans-winnie-the-pooh-film-to-stop-comparisons-to-president-xi[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_Abe_Pooh.webp[height=400]
.Comparison image between Xi Jinping on a car in a 2015 military parade and a toy Winnie-the-Pooh on a car. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_Pooh_car.jpg[height=400]
[[xi-pooh-photoshop]]
.Real photo of Xi Jinping edited to look like Winnie the Pooh. https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/dcabzh/this_image_of_xi_jiping_as_winnie_the_pooh_is/[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_Pooh_Photoshop.webp[height=400]
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmLUYCUYT0 "Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh Dancing to Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf" by TheFakening (2020). Deep fake of several girls wearing Winnie the Pooh clothes with a Xi Jinping face. The song choice "Bat Out of Hell" is a reference to <<covid,COVID>> because one of the theories is that the disease started in bats.
video::kHmLUYCUYT0[youtube,height=400,width=600,start=57]
Benevolent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personification[personification] of <<xi-jinping>>. Part of the <<ccp-cult>>.
2015-09-23 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-34338832 "Who is Xi Dada"?
That article comments on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnRo9AMT8FI "Who is Xi Dada?" by <<peoples-daily>> (2015-09-23) in which several foreign students in China praise <<xi-jinping>> in English. https://youtu.be/PnRo9AMT8FI?t=47 notably states: "They also refer to him as <<winnie-the-pooh,Winnie-the-Pooh>>". Priceless.
What does dada mean: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Xí-Jìnpíng-called-Xí-Dàdà
* 2015-03-08 https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150308/c08xi/ ""习大大"再次燃起中国人的领袖崇拜之情" (Xi Dada reignties Chinese Leader's cult once again)
.Golden heart shaped souvenir with a picture of Xi Jinping that was sold in <<tiananmen,Tiananmen Square>> in 2018. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/26/endowing-role-endless-rule-shows-xis-imperial-ambitions/[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_Jinping_heart.jpeg[height=400]
.Souvenirs sold in Beijing with the bust of Xi Jinping and Mao Zedong circa 2020. TODO: what is the shape of those souvenirs meant to evoke? https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-negative-views-on-china-spike-polls-show-11614870001?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_Jinping_Mao_Zedong_sculpture_souvenirs.jpg[height=400]
.Xi Jinping in 2019 wearing his cute compassionate face. Do you think that such a cute cute North-Westerner 东北人 would ever to terrible things like <<xinjiang,committing cultural genocide of a million people>> or <<xi-abolishes-term-limits-2018-03,trying to become ruler for life>>? Impossible, it must be <<evil-west,American lies>>.
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_dada.jpg[height=400]
[[chrysanthemium-xi-jinping]]
===== Chrysanthemium Xi Jinping (菊花习近平, 2015)
Got creator Dai Jianyong (戴建勇) arrested in 2015:
* https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinese-artist-who-posted-funny-image-of-president-xi-jinping-facing-five-years-in-prison-as-10282630.html
* https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/05/artist-detained-after-posting-humorous-photo-of-xi-jinping/ by <<china-digital-times>>
.Chrysanthemum <<xi-jinping>> with <<tiananmen,六四>> spice added by Ciro Santilli
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Chrysanthemum_Xi_Jinping_with_black_red_liusi_added_by_Ciro_Santilli.jpg[height=400]
.Original Chrysanthemum <<xi-jinping>> by Dai Jianyong published in 2015. https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/05/artist-detained-after-posting-humorous-photo-of-xi-jinping/[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Chrysanthemum_Xi.jpeg[height=400]
[[xi-jinping-portrait-blue]]
.Possible original Xi Jinping photo used for Chrysanthemum Xi, possibly from 2012. The light blue gradient background was used for the official photos of many Communist officials of the era. https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112111,00.html[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_Jinping_portrait_2012.jpg[height=400]
[[xi-jinping-thought]]
==== Xi Jinping Thought (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想, 2017)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping_Thought
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想
Added to the Constitution in preparation for <<xi-abolishes-term-limits-2018-03,eternal rule>>.
<<xi-jinping>>'s <<little-red-book>>. But since it is the 21st century, there's an app for it instead called "Study (for a) Strong Country" (学习强国) designed by <<alibaba>>:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuexi_Qiangguo
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/学习强国
Online video version courtesy of <<xinhua>>: http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/xjpsxkj/index.html[]. Contains <<ccp-cult,devotional>> videos, not text: http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/xjpsxkj/1.html
Notably, it consists of 14 chapters, which are called "talks" (讲), e.g. the first talk (第一讲) etc. This is exactly like <<li-hongzhi>>'s <<flg-canon,Zhuan Falun>> (and likely like other ancient Chinese religious texts).
.<<ccp-cult,Devotional>> image of <<xi-jinping>> on the cover of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Governance_of_China[The Governance of China] (link:https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/习近平谈治国理政[习近平谈治国理政], 2020) book which is part of <<xi-jinping-thought>>. The similarity to <<li-hongzhi>> devotional images <<li-hongzhi-lotus,is striking>>. Related: <<xi-halo>>. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Governance-China-Xi-Jinping/dp/1602204098[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xi_Jinping_The_Governance_of_China.jpg[height=400]
[[two-safegards]]
===== Two safegards (两个维护, 2018)
[[community-with-shared-future-for-mankind]]
===== Community with shared future for mankind (人类命运共同体)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_with_shared_future_for_mankind
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/人类命运共同体
[[xuexi-qiangguo]]
===== Xuexi Qiangguo app (Study for a strong country app, 学习强国, xxqg, 2019)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuexi_Qiangguo
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/学习强国
App made by <<alibaba>> for the <<ccp>> to teach people <<xi-jinping-thought>>.
Literally means "study for a strong country".
One of the beautiful things about that name is that is reminds one of the <<slang,expression>> "强国人" (strong country person), coined in during the 2014 during the <<hong-kong-protests-2014>> to refer ironically to Mainland Chines people, due to their exaggerated self-perceived strength and superiority, see also <<wumao-2011-vs-little-pink-2021,Wumao 2011 vs little pink 2021>>. A homonym "墙国" (wall country) is also known as a reference to the <<gfw>>, https://archive.ph/czYEv[sample usage].
The app appears to have both content, and also tests to check that you've read the bullshit.
At https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/mnulkd/china_is_forcing_chinese_to_use_national/gu05o20/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 a <<reddit>> user explains:
Many people are also forced to use the app "强国学习" in order to keep their jobs. Especially government workers. They have to study XiJinPing thought for certain amount of time each week and do exams.
This is confirmed e.g. at: https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/studies/voices-middle-east-asia/voices-from-east-asia/xuexi-qiangguo-%E2%80%93-digitalization-of-chinese-propaga.html
Within the first four months of Xuexi Qiangguo’s release, it was the most downloaded app in China with over 100 million downloads, surpassing China’s most popular messaging, social media and mobile payment app, <<wechat>> and the <<tiktok,Chinese version of TikTok, known as Douyin>>.
To use the app is not exactly voluntary. The Communist Party has issued directives that requires party members to download the app and use it. Many workplaces have done the same and it has been reported that employees are required to send screenshots to document their progress on the app. If they don’t, they are at risk of a pay deduction.
To put it in perspective, over 90 million Chinese are members of the Communist Party, and there are nearly 850 million internet users and almost 690 million smart phone users in China, as of 2019. It is, however, not clear whether the people who have downloaded the app genuinely are interested in learning about Xi Jinping’s political ideology, or if they feel like they must download it to show loyalty to the party.
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[[fuck-xuexiqiangguo]]
====== Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo (Fuck学习强国)
https://github.com/fuck-xuexiqiangguo/Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo[]
This <<github>> repository appears to help cheat the Xuexi qiangguo, see also: <<github-repositories-with-censored-information>>.
The program's executable file name is actually `./Fuck学习强国`, a thing of beauty.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahHzi1rGDfA "2021@学习强国辅助之Ai强国&科技强国" by Axiom Show shows the Android App
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOic-mYcwGA "习近平的学习强国和fuck 学习强国 | 如何从github上获取fuck xuexiqiangguo | 如何使用fuck xuexiqiangguo" by "中国人每日秀 The Chinese Daily Show" (2019)
And there there's an anti-repo for <<wumao>> who oppose the cheating: https://github.com/boycott-fuck-xuexiqiangguo/Boycott-Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo It had 150 stars as of 2021, as oppoesd to 7500 of the cheating repo.
https://github.com/TechXueXi/TechXueXi appears to be a "non-cheating" assistant? TODO confirm. It is at the very least more politically correct.
The repository was created by Tang Wenzheng (唐文正, <<github>> alias https://github.com/Xmader[Xmader]). https://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/663593.html According to https://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/663593.html form <<china-digital-times>>, he accidentally posted with his real name on an issue once (<<ciro-santilli>> knows that it is basically impossible not to when juggling multiple accounts simultaneously), and subsequently publicly announced his true identity. Following the name reveal, he did an AMA on <<terminus2049>> https://2047.name/t/11552[], and luckily he is abroad, and does not intend to come back. Wenzheng also created the https://github.com/china-digital-times/china-digital-times.github.io <<github>> pages mirror of <<china-digital-times>>, further discussed in that section. At https://github.com/fuck-xuexiqiangguo/Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo/issues/578 on 2021-03-03, he announced that he would stop working on the project because his parents weren't needing the APP anymore, succession wasn't announced. A few commits followed in the next days, but presumably minimal maintenance and ramp-down.
Wenzheng was also involved in a notable possible copyright dispute with https://musescore.org/en[], a software that Ciro actually enjoyed, as shown at https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/5#issuecomment-882472815 which was then highlighted at https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/onro8q/head_of_strategy_of_muse_group_muse_score/[]. At https://web.archive.org/web/20210719115639if_/https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/5#issuecomment-882450335 the developer noted that this could lead to Xmader's deportation. Some interpreted this as threat, but Ciro feels that it might be true as the developers noted that they withheld action for a while to prevent his deportation.
.Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo 2021 GitHub page screenshot with stars highlighted. 7k stars on a Chinese-only repository is a lot of stars, and very unlikely to be faked. This is what you should show <<wumao,wumaos>> when they that no Chinese person opposes the <<ccp>>.
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo_2021_GitHub_page_screenshot_with_stars_highlighted.png[height=650]
[[national-anti-fraud-center-app]]
====== National anti-fraud center APP (国家反诈中心APP, 2021)
* https://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/664606.html on <<china-digital-times>>
* https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/mnulkd/china_is_forcing_chinese_to_use_national/
New forced spy app for Chinese people going abroad.
[[jingwang-weishi]]
====== Jingwang Weishi app (Clean Net Guardian app, 净网卫士)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingwang_Weishi
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/净网卫士
[[chinese-dream]]
===== Chinese dream (中国梦, 4000 BC -)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Dream
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/中國夢
Chinese version of the <<american-dream>>, which <<xi-jinping>> insists is completely different and superior to the <<american-dream>>.
The names suggest, they are not real, but just dreams.
Transcript for <<little-pink-american-dream-vs-chinese-dream,Little pink explains the difference between the American dream and the Chinese dream>>:
____
美国梦是个人发财的梦 +
讲究冒险 +
通过个人奋斗达到所谓的成功 +
成为有产者 +
然后去剥削别人 +
____
The American dream is a dream of personal wealth +
it focuses on risk taking +
to achieve so-called success through personal struggle +
and become a property owner +
and then exploit others +
The Chinese dream is common prosperity +
to pursue the happiness of the people +
In other words +
the American dream is an individualistic dream +
it is a dream of the Dollar +
The Chinese dream is the people's dream +
Is a dream of serving the people +
This is the essential difference between the two +
Don't bring up the American dream in front of me in the future +
Cheesy! +
____
[[little-pink-american-dream-vs-chinese-dream]]
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MilRo8zZM8A (https://github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship/issues/228[GitHub reupload]) 小粉红谈中国梦与美国梦的区别 (<<little-pink>> explains the difference between the <<american-dream>> and the <<chinese-dream>>). That girl should have a look at the state of <<labour-rights>> in China in the 2020's, where activists for better worker protection are being put into jail. Also <<twitter,tweeted>> by <<rfa>> at: https://twitter.com/RFA_Chinese/status/1381531661804826627 The <<seal>> on top left reads: "进击老冯" TODO what is that? Source without subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw8TfbsNfNI[]. Ciro also reposted it at: https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/msnixt/nationalistic_chinese_girl_compares_the_chinese/ on <<reddit>>. TODO try to identify it by logo of the microphone, looks something like "华浦TV" but not sure. TODO identify background music. TODO original source. Related: https://github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship/issues/504 Kill the Japanese kid
video::MilRo8zZM8A[youtube,height=400,width=600]
[[dream-of-the-red-chamber]]
====== Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_of_the_Red_Chamber
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/红楼梦
[[american-dream]]
====== American dream (美国梦)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/美国梦
[[nazi-dream]]
====== Nazi dream (纳粹梦)
Very similar to the <<chinese-dream>>, see also <<nazi>>.
[[xi-jinping-speech-synthesizer]]
==== Xi Jinping speech synthesizer (习近平讲话模拟器)
* XJP音源(习近平音源) from <<winnie-the-pool>>
* https://www.reddit.com/r/China_irl/comments/i4eodw/我做了个习近平讲话模拟器输入一段文字可以合成习近平语音欢迎前来游玩/ from 2020-08 announced https://dnmkrgi.github.io/xi-speech-demo/ now down but presumably at https://github.com/for-memory/xi-speech-demo
* https://github.com/for-memory/xi-speech-synthesizer voice synthesizer meant to replicate Xi Jinping's speaking, mentions it is similar to https://trumped.com/ and https://rogeraabbccdd.github.io/Fadacai-Generator/#/
** on <<gov-takedowns-china>>: https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns/blob/master/China/2021/2021-01-29-BNIA.md
** this was likely taken down due to videos like this:
*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVibUOFQhRw
** https://www.reddit.com/r/China_irl/comments/i4eodw/我做了个习近平讲话模拟器输入一段文字可以合成习近平语音欢迎前来游玩/
==== Xi Jinping deepfakes (习近平的deepfakes)
There are dozens if not hundreds of GIFs watermarked "made with reface app" on <<lihkg>>, presumably made with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=video.reface.app&hl=en_GB&gl=US[], many also featuring <<carrie-lam>>. That app currently costs 20 dollars/week for the video refacing though, so it would only be viable after we have a selection ready to convert.
Once you find one on Google Images, you can just click endlessly into more and more of them.
We're just going to bulk dump them at https://github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship/issues/231 for now.
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diec9Cdsvg0 Xi Jinping singing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y.M.C.A._(song)[YMCA] with a wide range of cute expressions.
video::diec9Cdsvg0[youtube,height=400,width=600]
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPc3bSbKw28 (https://github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship/issues/229[GitHub reupload]) <<xi-jinping>> <<carrie-lam>> Leonardo di Caprio Kate Winslet Titanic Deepface by <<gfwfrog>>. 由墙国蛙蛤蛤习近平 林郑月娥 莱昂纳多迪卡普里奥 凯特温斯莱特 泰坦尼克号. https://twitter.com/GFWfrog/status/1412704989445713924[Source] by <<gfwfrog>>. This likely emeged from <<lihkg>>.
video::nPc3bSbKw28[youtube,height=400,width=600]
[[carrie-lam]]
=== Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥, 2017-)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Lam
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/林鄭月娥
<<hong-kong>> puppet ruler.
[[hu-jintao]]
=== Hu Jintao (胡锦涛, 2002-2012)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Jintao
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/胡锦涛
[[bo-xilai]]
==== Bo Xilai (薄熙来, 2007-2012)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Xilai
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/薄熙来
Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing from 2007 to 2012, i.e. number one of this Provincial level city, which has same the importance as a <<provinces-of-china,province>>.
[[jiang-zemin]]
=== Jiang Zemin (江泽民, 1989-2002)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Zemin
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/江泽民
Jiang is often compared to a toad in a meme what is referred to as toad worship (膜蛤), further keywords: 蛤蟆
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_worship
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/膜蛤文化
Jiang has an amazing array of meme-ready funny expressions.
.Comparison between Jiang Zemin and a 72-feet-tall inflatable toad in a Beijing park seen in 2014 made the rounds on <<weibo>> and led to some <<censorship,censorship>>. https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/01/world/asia/toad-jiang-zemin/index.html[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Jiang_Zemin_frog.jpg[height=400]
.Jiang picking his nose. https://pieceofmindful.com/2013/12/12/chinese-exceptionalism/[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Jiang_Zemin_nose_picking.jpg[height=400]
.Jiang reading through comically large magnifying glass during the opening ceremony of the 19th <<national-congress>> in 2017. See also: <<internal-media-of-china>>. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/18/back-from-the-dead-chinas-internet-goes-wild-over-youthful-jiang-zemin[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Jiang_Zemin_magnify.jpg[height=400]
.More Jiang funny expressions and Photoshops from a Research Gate page! https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Jiang-as-emoticons-often-used-in-chats_fig4_325864518[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Jiang_Zemin_emoticons_montage.png[height=400]
The Chinese also love Jiang's quote in English during an interview with Hong Kong press:
.https://youtube.com/watch?v=y-JPLzj2poY Jiang Zemin saying "Too simple, sometimes naive."
video::y-JPLzj2poY[youtube,height=400,width=600,start=57]
[[li-peng]]
==== Li Peng (李鹏, 1988-1998)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Peng
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/李鹏
For the most part of the 1990's whe as second in command as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China[Premier] from 1988 to 1998.
[[deng-xiaoping]]
=== Deng Xiaoping (邓小平, 1982-1987)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/邓小平
Although his reign officially ended in 1987/1989, he remained extremely influential until his death, and was a major figure in <<tiananmen>> most likely.
[[xidan-democracy-wall]]
==== Xidan Democracy Wall (西单民主墙, 1978-1979)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Wall
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/西单民主墙
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xidan
https://youtu.be/846AtqraCYg?t=799 suggests that <<deng-xiaoping>> initially encouraged it after during/after killing the Gang of Four.
But then, obviously, people started denouncing corruption in his goverment, and so Deng made it stop.
The documentary also mentions <<wei-jingsheng>> who was a notorious contributor who asked for democracy.
.<<xidan-democracy-wall>>. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Xidan_Wall,_May_1979.jpg[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Xidan_Wall.jpg[height=600]
.https://youtube.com/watch?v=40PxfKWgBmY China: Democracy Wall Beijing Dec 1978 video only. This is one of the many footage available of the wall.
video::40PxfKWgBmY[youtube,height=400,width=600]
[[wei-jingsheng]]
===== Wei Jingsheng (魏京生)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Jingsheng
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/魏京生
Key figure on the <<xidan-democracy-wall>>, notable for writting <<the-fifth-modernization>>.
我们要自己掌握自己的命运，
不要神仙和皇帝不要相信有什么救世主，
我们要做天下的主人，
我们不要作独裁统治者扩张
野心的现代化工具，
我们要人民生活得现代化，
人民的民主、自由与幸福，
是我们实现现代化的唯一目的，
没有这第五个现代化，
一切现代化不过是一
个新的诺言。
We need no Gods or emperors and we don't believe in saviors of any kind... we do not want to serve as mere tools of dictators with personal ambitions for carrying out modernization. We want to modernize the lives of the people. Democracy, freedom, and happiness for all are our sole objectives.
[[the-fifth-modernization]]
====== The Fifth Modernization (第五个现代化, 1978)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Modernization
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/第五個現代化_(魏京生)
Not to be confused with the one of the same title made by the CCP in 2013: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/第五个现代化_(中国共产党)
Full text on Jingsheng's apparently official website: https://weijingsheng.org/doc/cn/46.htm
Most notable quote:
我们要自己掌握自己的命运，不要神仙和皇帝 +
不要相信有什么救世主，我们要做天下的主人，我们不要作独裁统治者扩张 +
野心的现代化工具，我们要人民生活得现代化，人民的民主、自由与幸福 +
We want to be the masters of our own destiny. We need no gods or emperors and we don't believe in saviors of any kind +
we do not want to serve as mere tools of dictators with personal ambitions for carrying out modernization. +
We want to modernize the lives of the people. Democracy, freedom, and happiness for all are our sole objectives
[[mao-zedong]]
=== Mao Zedong (毛泽东, 1954–1976)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/毛泽东
What could be a better reminder that <<xi-jinping,dictatorships are dangerous>> than the catastrophes that Mao created such as the <<great-leap-forward>> and <<cultural-revolution>>?
https://youtu.be/MHFrhIAj0ME?t=926 "The camp was an intense and exciting place, and many of the guerrilla fighters had affairs. Sex was called undisciplined guerilla warfare". TODO Chinese.
.Mao Zedong in Yan'an in the 1930's thinking deeply. This funny looking picture is meme ready and https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Chairman_Mao[much loved by Uncyclopedia]. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mao_Zedong_in_Yan%27an.jpg[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Mao_Zedong_in_Yanan.jpg[height=400]
[[the-private-life-of-chairman-mao]]
==== The Private Life of Chairman Mao (毛泽东私人医生回忆录)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Chairman_Mao
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/毛泽东私人医生回忆录
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zhisui
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/李志绥
[[little-red-book]]
==== Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Little Red Book, 毛主席语录, 1976)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotations_from_Chairman_Mao_Tse-tung
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/毛主席语录
<<mao-zedong>>'s <<flg-canon>>. Like <<li-hongzhi>>'s, also extracted from talks, see also:
[[hundred-flowers-campaign]]
==== Hundred Flowers Campaign 百花齐放 (1956-1957)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/百花齐放、百家争鸣
Some possible quotes from Mao saying that people should be able to protest, original share: https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/i2z5ss/maos_propaganda_poster_saying_protest_and_strike/
允许群众示威。 +
Citizens should be allowed to protest.
claims from from some 毛泽东选集第五卷 (selected works from Mao Zedong) in speech from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Central_Committee_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China[8th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]. https://twitter.com/shijianxingzou/status/1158421996755128323 mentions the anthology was published in 1977.
Even <<pro-chinese-government-media,kknews>> confirms: https://kknews.cc/zh-my/news/ql9k4ag.html
<<liu-shihui-one-party-rule,Liu Shihui (刘士辉)>> also comes to mind.
[[great-leap-forward]]
==== Great Leap Forward (大跃进, da4 yue4 jin4, 1958-1960)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/大跃进
.A high tower of <<winter-melon,winter melons>> "<<winter-melon,冬瓜>>上高楼" propaganda poster for the Great Leap Forward by https://chineseposters.net/artists/jinmeisheng.php[Jin Meisheng] published in 1959. <<western-democracies-are-not-perfect,Even in democracies>>, politicians promise the fat gourds. But when there is <<censorship,no free media to control their>> lies, things can get really out of hand. http://www.iisg.nl/exhibitions/chairman/chn11.php[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Winter_gourd.jpg[height=600]
.Communist Children Catch Pokemon: the true meaning of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union[CCCP]. Edited from the original poster with a <<little-red-book>> instead of Pokeball and no "CCCP" shown at https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/360428776411504491/[]. By Volaran Cadires. https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/405253666454984678/[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Communist_children_catch_pokemon.jpg[height=600]
[[cultural-revolution]]
==== Cultural Revolution (文化大革命, 1966-1976)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/文化大革命
.https://youtube.com/watch?v=kXByOrRrO7c Vox 6 minute explanation with some good footage for impatient Millennials, published on Feb 14, 2020.
video::kXByOrRrO7c[youtube,height=400,width=600]
[[revolutionary-opera]]
===== Revolutionary opera (样板戏)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_opera
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/样板戏
[[struggle-session]]
===== Struggle session (批斗)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struggle_session
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/批鬥
.<<struggle-session>> Luo Zicheng (TODO Chinese), head of the work group designated by the provincial Party committee, wearing a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunce#Dunce_cap[dunce cap] (TODO 笨蛋帽?) and surrounded by from the staff of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heilongjiang[Heilongjiang] (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/黑龙江省[黑龙江省]) Daily newspaper accusing him of 'following the capitalist line' in 1966. Photo by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zhensheng_(photojournalist)[Li Zhensheng] (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/李振盛[李振盛]). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19807561[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Struggle_session_cultural_revolution_dunce_cap_luo_zicheng.jpg[height=400]
[[mao-swim]]
===== Mao swim across the Yangtze river (毛主席畅游长江, 1966-07-16)
Good <<scmp>> article: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/1999098/chairman-maos-historic-swim-glorified-china
Mao claimed to have set a swimming record by swimming 15km in 65 minutes at the age of 72 at the <<yangtze-river>> in Wuhan, or an average of 13.8 km/h.
As a comparison, the Olympic swimmers of 2016 covered the lesser distance of 10 km in 113 minutes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_–_Men%27s_marathon_10_kilometre for an average of 5.3 km/h.
According to https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311977913_Analysis_of_the_characteristics_of_offshore_currents_in_the_Changjiang_Yangtze_River_estuarine_waters_based_on_buoy_observations[this article], the maximum current speed of the Yantze is 128.5 cm/s or 4.62 km/h so even if he were swimming with the current, Mao was faster.
In <<the-private-life-of-chairman-mao>> however, the doctor says that this was actually true, the current was enough to drag Mao's big belly quite fast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k1ZWoM6g8w How to swim in Wuhan's Yangtze river Blondie in China (2019)
Dictatorships would <<censorship-makes-no-one-trust-your-country,never lie about obviously verifiable facts>>, would they?
And idiots today still celebrate this event that preceded the <<cultural-revolution>> which put China's economy in shambles.
<<superputin>> learnt from this and also showed off his swimming skills in 2009.
.https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1966-10_1966年毛泽东游长江2.jpg[Source].
image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Mao_swim_wave.jpg[height=500]
[[sport-related-events]]
== Sport related events (和体育有关的事件)
* 2020 <<hao-haidong>>
* 2019 <<lebron-james-opposes-hong-kong-anti-extradition-bill-protests-2019>>
* 2021-05-05 Jong-ryeol "Saebyeolbe" Park, Korean, Blizzard's Overwatch game, made Taiwan Hongkong remarks. The backed down unfortunately: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNpQ7dOHxl2/
** https://kotaku.com/chinese-overwatch-teams-threaten-boycott-of-korean-play-1846828529 Chinese Overwatch Teams Threaten Boycott Of Korean Player For Statements On Taiwan And Hong Kong
* 2020 https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/07/scratch-ban-in-china/ Scratch visual programming language for children website blocked
* 2020-04-08 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/nintendo-s-animal-crossing-becomes-new-hong-kong-protest-ground Animal Crossing
* <<mei-with-hong-kong,Mei with Hong Kong>>
* <<taiwan-number-one>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzchung_controversy
2019-10 Blizzard bans top Hearthstone esports player Blitzchung (Ng Wai Chung) for pro Hong Kong message in interview.
* https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1181442535962632193
Trying to keep only "neutral" sources here, let me know if you spot something too biased: <<biased-media>>.
* 2020-01 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3045657/china-human-rights-activist-ding-jiaxi-under-investigation one more human rights person Ding Jiaxi. The list is endless, should we care?
* 2019-12-18 Fudan University in China removes "freedom of thought" from university charters, students protes
* 2019-10-16 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/16/gitlab_employees_gagged/ GitLab prevents employees from discussing politics at work, and will not veto clients. This is not confirmed, but I guess it is very likely in reply to the <<hong-kong-anti-extradition-bill-protests-2019>> given the timing. The https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/30656[merge request] (https://web.archive.org/web/20191017080216/https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/30656[archive]).
* Twitter to block operations by oppressive foreign state media
** https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/information_operations_directed_at_Hong_Kong.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/csodbt/twitter_suspends_nearly_1000_accounts_connected/
** https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/advertising_policies_on_state_media.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/csnsyn/twitter_policy_change_we_will_not_accept/
* 2019-07-12 https://www.apnews.com/a2584de07c014e4786a21bcf9f446a40 "37 countries rally around China at top UN human rights body"
** <<biased-media,(biased)>> http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/15/c_138229200.htm
** the full scanned letter: https://twitter.com/KevinPinner/status/1151868854781526016
* 2019-07-02 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/02/chinese-border-guards-surveillance-app-tourists-phones "Chinese border guards put secret surveillance app on tourists' phones"
* 2019-04-28 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48084019 Hong Kong: Thousands protest against China extradition law
** https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/auqkdl/biotech_giant_thermo_fisher_stops_selling_dna/
* 2019-01 https://www.apnews.com/40f7cf4c0c6e43f18121af93f1e418f7 Microsoft Bing https://www.bing.com/ search engine blocked in China
* 2019-01 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/business/china-internet-censor.html interview with Beyondsoft, a company that offers censorship services
* 2018-08 https://theintercept.com/2018/08/08/google-censorship-china-blacklist/
* 2018-06 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/china-bans-online-mention-of-john-oliver-after-he-mocks-chinas-president/ https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6m5b3o
* 2018-05 https://www.whatsonweibo.com/public-shaming-of-drug-users-in-guangdong-drug-related-crimes-in-family-painted-on-houses/
* 2018-04 https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-lawmaking/china-makes-defaming-revolutionary-heroes-punishable-by-law-idUKKBN1HY16C
* 2018-04 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/congressional-leaders-urge-us-to-press-china-over-reports-of-mass-uighur-detentions/2018/04/05/9bd17c90-38b3-11e8-b57c-9445cc4dfa5e_story.html
* 2018-02 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/25/world/asia/china-xi-jinping.html
* 2018-02 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/25/at-least-120000-muslim-uighurs-held-in-chinese-re-education-camps-report
* 2018-01 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/19/outspoken-chinese-human-rights-lawyer-yu-wensheng-arrested
* 2018-01 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics/hong-kong-activist-banned-from-by-election-in-what-pro-democracy-party-calls-payback-idUSKBN1FG06P
* 2018-01 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/world/asia/china-church-dynamite.html
* 2018-01 https://uk.businessinsider.com/china-marriott-tweets-censorship-2018-1?r=US&IR=T Marriott lists <<taiwan,Taiwan>> as country on the website
* 2018-01 http://chuangcn.org/2018/01/the-mastermind/
[[changsheng-bio-technology-vaccine-data-falsification-incident-2018]]
==== Changsheng Bio-Technology vaccine data falsification incident (长生生物, 2018)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changsheng_Bio-Technology
* https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/长生生物
https://github.com/fuckcqcs/fuckcqcs on <<github-repositories-with-censored-information>> contains data from the website of Changsheng Bio-Technology relating to the incident. English readme: https://github.com/fuckcqcs/fuckcqcs/blob/master/README_EN.md[]
2019-02-25 https://theconversation.com/chinese-internet-users-turn-to-the-blockchain-to-fight-against-government-censorship-111795 mentions that censored information about the incident was also inserted into the <<bitcoin-blockchain,Ethereum blockchain>>.
* 2017-12 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/world/asia/china-wu-gan-sentence.html
* 2017-11 https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/7a7hf9/the_worlds_largest_academic_publisher_blocks/ Springer nature pulls sensitive articles. TODO article list.
* 2017-09 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/business/china-whatsapp-blocked.html
* 2017-08 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-muslim-minority-school-language-ban-han-xinjiang-uyghur-hotan-hetian-government-communist-a7873446.html
* 2017-07 https://qz.com/1056938/cambridge-university-press-china-quarterly-complies-with-censorship-removes-300-articles-on-topics-like-tiananmen-and-tibet-in-china/ Book list: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-file-manager/file/59970028145fd05f66868bf5?utm_content=bufferb652b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20170905214500/https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-file-manager/file/59970028145fd05f66868bf5?utm_content=bufferb652b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
* 2017-07 https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/29/apple-removes-vpn-apps-from-the-app-store-in-china/
* 2017-07 https://shanghaiist.com/2017/07/26/liu-xia-home-visit.php
* 2017-06 https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/ordered-05092017155554.html Uyghurs studying abroad ordered to return to China