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    Up and Atom!

    Dec 30, 2021 4 minutes
    By Tao Zihui
    Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon

    A Tibetan fox emoji package recently made its way across China’s digital waves. The man featured in the emoji pack appears to be at a loss, looking at you with a sense of disbelief. The big square face, coupled with deeply set eyes in a haze-like setting, almost reflect the human reenactment of a Tibetan fox. As netizens deemed the expression simply too funny to just let go, they quickly upgraded the GIF to the next level, transforming it into a full-fledged emoticon package.

    The man’s name is Zhang Chenliang and his moniker is none other than Wuqiong Xiaoliang or Bowu Jun in Chinese. This is no

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