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03-01-2018, 07:58 AM
China banned the letter 'N' from Weibo and WeChat
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In some sort of Sesame Street 'Letter of the Day' nightmare situation, the letter N was temporarily banned on many of China's most popular social platforms.
SEE ALSO: China ironically decides to clamp down on online news outlets on World Press Freedom Day (https://mashable.com/2017/05/03/china-media-regulations/)
On Sunday, China's Communist Party announced (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/25/world/asia/china-xi-jinping.html)that it was planning to abolish the presidential two-term limit, which would enable Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely.
Some Chinese citizens weren't too keen on the plan. Apparently, many started criticizing it on popular messaging apps Weibo (https://mashable.com/category/weibo/) and WeChat (https://mashable.com/category/wechat/), referencing dystopian novels like 1984, and poking fun at Jinping by invoking the popular (and hilarious) comparison of Jinping to — wait for it — Winnie the Poo.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/28/china-bans-n-xi-jinping-term-limits/)
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In some sort of Sesame Street 'Letter of the Day' nightmare situation, the letter N was temporarily banned on many of China's most popular social platforms.
SEE ALSO: China ironically decides to clamp down on online news outlets on World Press Freedom Day (https://mashable.com/2017/05/03/china-media-regulations/)
On Sunday, China's Communist Party announced (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/25/world/asia/china-xi-jinping.html)that it was planning to abolish the presidential two-term limit, which would enable Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely.
Some Chinese citizens weren't too keen on the plan. Apparently, many started criticizing it on popular messaging apps Weibo (https://mashable.com/category/weibo/) and WeChat (https://mashable.com/category/wechat/), referencing dystopian novels like 1984, and poking fun at Jinping by invoking the popular (and hilarious) comparison of Jinping to — wait for it — Winnie the Poo.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/28/china-bans-n-xi-jinping-term-limits/)
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