Commentary: What animal memes can tell us about Chinese politics
by Maura Elizabeth Cunningham and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Los Angeles Times
Mar 15, 2018
3 minutes
When the Chinese political situation gets tense, new animal memes proliferate on the Chinese internet. A decade ago, river crabs were in vogue. Last month, it was bunny rabbit emojis alongside rice bowls. In each case, zoological zaniness has signaled the start of a new round of moves and countermoves between government employees trying to sweep the web clean of unwanted discussions and digitally savvy citizens looking for ways to circumvent
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