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The last few days, we’ve been seeing sth interesting- HK protest art that not just appeals *to* mainlanders, but to appeal *for* them, advocating for freedom of speech and greater liberties, many, like the below, using the language of our Revolution of the Times. Source: TG
This might be the most concrete eg. of the HK mvmt building solidarity with other causes we’ve seen. Yes, we’ve had *some* cross-pollination btwn mvmts in Indonesia, Chile, Lebanon, etc. This feels a bit different though. We’ll see if it becomes a ‘thing’.
There's more work in this vein!
Is this deliberate? - the words below ref 寧鳴而死，不默而生, a popular phrase in the HK mvmt - "I'd rather die speaking up than to live in silence". Except this switches 生 & 死 - "I want to live and roar, not die muzzled." Both work?
Source: TG
Is this deliberate? - the words below ref 寧鳴而死，不默而生, a popular phrase in the HK mvmt - "I'd rather die speaking up than to live in silence". Except this switches 生 & 死 - "I want to live and roar, not die muzzled." Both work?
Source: TG
Loose translation:
“Carry the torch for the Chinese democracy movement, kindle the flame of Chinese revolution.”
!!
Source: TG
“Carry the torch for the Chinese democracy movement, kindle the flame of Chinese revolution.”
!!Source: TG
From the words of repression form the seeds of rebellion.
In white: "Can you do it? Do you understand?" - what the authorities asked #Liwenliang, the doctor who died, when they accused him of spreading rumours about #coronavirus
In red: "I won't. I don't accept."
Source: TG
In white: "Can you do it? Do you understand?" - what the authorities asked #Liwenliang, the doctor who died, when they accused him of spreading rumours about #coronavirus
In red: "I won't. I don't accept."
Source: TG
Gagged & blindfolded in the name of ‘harmony’.
Her tech is the state’s, her jewellery- symbols of $- are the state’s, even the Chinese dream is mandated by the state. Is this what she wants?
But behind her are the words “[illegible] hurt my country.”
Source: Weibo via TG
![Gagged & blindfolded in the name of ‘harmony’. Her tech is the state’s, her jewellery- symbols of $- are the state’s, even the Chinese dream is mandated by the state. Is this what she wants? But behind her are the words “[illegible] hurt my country.”Source: Weibo via TG](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQqJ5HhXkAAapKe.jpg "Gagged & blindfolded in the name of ‘harmony’. Her tech is the state’s, her jewellery- symbols of $- are the state’s, even the Chinese dream is mandated by the state. Is this what she wants? But behind her are the words “[illegible] hurt my country.”Source: Weibo via TG")
Her tech is the state’s, her jewellery- symbols of $- are the state’s, even the Chinese dream is mandated by the state. Is this what she wants?
But behind her are the words “[illegible] hurt my country.”Source: Weibo via TG
Ah! Birds should be free to fly to their hearts’ content!
Note the cage takes the place of the largest star on the PRC flag, which represents the CCP.
Source: TG
Note the cage takes the place of the largest star on the PRC flag, which represents the CCP.
Source: TG
Everyone understood that the 'rumour-spreading' accusations against #LiWenliang & other medics was a giant 'STFU'.
It's interesting to see the 能 明白, & the form Li was forced to sign (held up by the police on the right) have now become symbols in protest art.
Source: TG
It's interesting to see the 能 明白, & the form Li was forced to sign (held up by the police on the right) have now become symbols in protest art.
Source: TG
The People's Republic of -- NO PERMISSION TO VIEW --
The '!' here refers to the error message one gets on Weibo when trying to views a post that's been censored.
Source: TG
The '!' here refers to the error message one gets on Weibo when trying to views a post that's been censored.
Source: TG
The word jumble below is meaningless. But it also means *everything*.
Those who can read Chinese wld tell you it says: 我要言论自由- "I want freedom of speech". Who knows how long this can escape the censors.
Also, note that last character 甴...:
https://twitter.com/uwu_uwu_mo/status/1199482220299345921?s=20
Those who can read Chinese wld tell you it says: 我要言论自由- "I want freedom of speech". Who knows how long this can escape the censors.
Also, note that last character 甴...
:https://twitter.com/uwu_uwu_mo/status/1199482220299345921?s=20
"Pigs don't have rights. It is because pigs won't revolt.
We don't praise the one who, because of swine flu, round up and lock up pigs; even less so will we believe that all this is some glorious accomplishment that can only be achieved by him alone."
Source: TG
We don't praise the one who, because of swine flu, round up and lock up pigs; even less so will we believe that all this is some glorious accomplishment that can only be achieved by him alone."
Source: TG
“I won’t. I don’t accept.”
The face can be #LiWenliang, but think it’s deliberately abstract. The anger that boiled up was never just about his death.
Source: TG
The face can be #LiWenliang, but think it’s deliberately abstract. The anger that boiled up was never just about his death.
Source: TG
"China is a country of human rights, we ensure there's freedom of speech... but we can't ensure there's freedom *after* speech."
Harsh. But true.
Source: TG
Harsh. But true.
Source: TG
"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting" - Milan Kundera
This particular piece below lists all the various events claimed by collective amnesia on the mainland in the name of stability and harmony. Do *you* remember them all?
This particular piece below lists all the various events claimed by collective amnesia on the mainland in the name of stability and harmony. Do *you* remember them all?
"Stoppable and controllable ... it turns out they meant us."
When a country's idea of dealing with a health crisis is to suppress the flow of information about that health crisis, something is not right.
Source: TG
When a country's idea of dealing with a health crisis is to suppress the flow of information about that health crisis, something is not right.
Source: TG
“I may be on my knees- still, I must revolt.”
Source: TG
Source: TG
“WeCheck” 
Love how this looks like Big Brother is watching over all.
Source: TG
Love how this looks like Big Brother is watching over all.Source: TG
"A place that Xi can't/won't see!
I love my country, but who will love me?"
And ominously, over the door:
"Everything is just beginning."
Source: TG
I love my country, but who will love me?"
And ominously, over the door:
"Everything is just beginning."
Source: TG
"We cannot leave those who work for the people to be frozen in the cold. We cannot leave those who open roads to freedom be trapped by thorns."
Refers to citizen journalists like Chen Qiushi who got arrested after reporting on Wuhan.
Source: Weibo via TG
Refers to citizen journalists like Chen Qiushi who got arrested after reporting on Wuhan.
Source: Weibo
via TG
Those who break free of their restraints and seek freedom over the Wall still have to fend off those who don't yet realises their wings are clipped, people who are still willing do the regime's bidding.
Source: Weibo via TG
This was posted on Weibo, titled “Twitter”.
What first looks like a picture of a bird in a cage turns out to be something else entirely as we see it fly away.
As some of the comments note, “it’s not the bird that’s caged, it’s us.”
https://twitter.com/guesswholam8964/status/1235413546709598209?s=21 https://twitter.com/Poohbear198964/status/1235413546709598209
What first looks like a picture of a bird in a cage turns out to be something else entirely as we see it fly away.
As some of the comments note, “it’s not the bird that’s caged, it’s us.”
https://twitter.com/guesswholam8964/status/1235413546709598209?s=21 https://twitter.com/Poohbear198964/status/1235413546709598209
2020 is indeed the year of 404 errors for many mainland netizens.
Source: TG
Source: TG
“It should not be illegal to create.”
And yet...
Source: Weibo via TG
And yet...
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...and now someone's made protest art of this very curious incident in Wuhan:
"It's fake! It's fake! It's all fake!"
https://twitter.com/Perseus852/status/1235681888196575236?s=20
Source: TG
"It's fake! It's fake! It's all fake!"
https://twitter.com/Perseus852/status/1235681888196575236?s=20
Source: TG
This is from the same artist who painted the below. For International Women's Day, we see Justice as a Chinese bride, but look closer and you'd find signs of domestic abuse. We may lift up women as ideals, but treat them like shit in real life.
Source: TG
https://twitter.com/uwu_uwu_mo/status/1227945468715585536?s=20
Source: TG
https://twitter.com/uwu_uwu_mo/status/1227945468715585536?s=20
Someone tweaked this propaganda poster extolling women's sacrifices:
"When wearing protective gear you are a̶ ̶d̶u̶t̶y̶-̶b̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶a̶r̶r̶i̶o̶r̶ a medic. When you take off your gear, you are a̶ ̶d̶a̶u̶g̶h̶t̶e̶r̶,̶ ̶w̶i̶f̶e̶,̶ ̶m̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ yourself."
Source: Douban via TG
"When wearing protective gear you are a̶ ̶d̶u̶t̶y̶-̶b̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶a̶r̶r̶i̶o̶r̶ a medic. When you take off your gear, you are a̶ ̶d̶a̶u̶g̶h̶t̶e̶r̶,̶ ̶w̶i̶f̶e̶,̶ ̶m̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ yourself."
Source: Douban via TG
This WeChat logo redesign is a bit freaky ... but probably reflects how it's a bit of a scary app.
Source: TG
... but probably reflects how it's a bit of a scary app. Source: TG
This is amazing. Some of the ways mainland netizens are trying to dodge the censors and share the article on Dr Ai Fen, one of the Wuhan whistleblowers include...
- Translating it into Morse code
- Flipping the article upside down
Source: Weibo via TG
https://twitter.com/qinlinglivj/status/1237266988545777665?s=21 https://twitter.com/qinlinglivj/status/1237266988545777665
- Translating it into Morse code
- Flipping the article upside down
Source: Weibo via TG
https://twitter.com/qinlinglivj/status/1237266988545777665?s=21 https://twitter.com/qinlinglivj/status/1237266988545777665
Other ways to get pass the censors:
- Translating the article to pinyin
- Writing it out in ancient Chinese script
- Calligraphy!
Source: Weibo via TG
- Translating the article to pinyin
- Writing it out in ancient Chinese script
- Calligraphy!
Source: Weibo via TG
And my favourite Chinese censor-dodging methods:
- Translating the article into Elvish (I think it’s Sindarin?)
- Translating the article into Klingon
Source: Weibo via TG
- Translating the article into Elvish (I think it’s Sindarin?)
- Translating the article into Klingon
Source: Weibo via TG
Relay - lovey art showing how mainland netizens have been relaying the story of the Dr Ai Fen, one of the Wuhan whistleblowers, running ahead of censors in creative ways to spread the truth.
Source: Weibo via TG
Source: Weibo via TG
Someone's made this incredible portrait of Dr Ai Fen, from all the texts & pictograms that mainland netizens have used to evade censors in spreading her story. Source: TG- artist credited as 'Liu Bowen' 劉伯溫, a Ming politician/poet who may or may not have died from a cold.
"Hello darkness, my old friend..."
Ppl have been going to town with that pic of Xi in deep thought/ dozing on his visit to Wuhan.
L: "If you don't stand up to face the darkness around you, you'll end up being swallowed up by it."
R: Pooh!
Source: TG
Ppl have been going to town with that pic of Xi in deep thought/ dozing on his visit to Wuhan.
L: "If you don't stand up to face the darkness around you, you'll end up being swallowed up by it."
R: Pooh!
Source: TG
For fans of 'The Good Place'.
"What you thought the Trolley Problem is like: you're at the lever.
What the Trolley Problem is actually like: you're the person someone else gets to decide to let live or not."
Source: Weibo via TG
"What you thought the Trolley Problem is like: you're at the lever.
What the Trolley Problem is actually like: you're the person someone else gets to decide to let live or not."
Source: Weibo via TG
Ah, this is so good. At first glance, it looks like 雙喜 - ‘double happiness’, symbol frequently used in celebration of marriage. In fact, it’s made up of four 苦- ‘bitterness’, suggesting that the joyous harmony you see is built on barely-veiled pain.
Source: TG
Source: TG
Since mainland Chinese are officially allowed to remember those who died from coronavirus today, let us remember Dr #LiWenliang , whose death sparked the fire that burns through this thread of protest art. He will not be forgotten.
Source: TG
Source: TG
It's #404DAY & 清明, day for remembrance, so:
"Without the countless 404s, there would not be the need for today's 4-4."
In other words, without censorship & coverup, we would not be mourning so many dead today.
The post was censored, of course.
Source: Weibo via TG
"Without the countless 404s, there would not be the need for today's 4-4."
In other words, without censorship & coverup, we would not be mourning so many dead today.
The post was censored, of course.
Source: Weibo via TG
More 404 protest art.
Left: either censorship is a giant 'eff you', or a giant 'eff you' to censorship. Both work!
Right: A collage of the Weibo posts related to coronavirus that got censored these past few months. It's just a sea of '!'s...
Source: Douban/ Weibo via TG
Left: either censorship is a giant 'eff you', or a giant 'eff you' to censorship. Both work!
Right: A collage of the Weibo posts related to coronavirus that got censored these past few months. It's just a sea of '!'s...
Source: Douban/ Weibo via TG
On this Mother’s Day, let’s not forget the Tiananmen Mothers who lost their children.
“If you were a mother - 30 years of development for your child’s life, what would you choose?...
‘We’ve lost family, freedoms, contentment, our everyday lives and our rights.’”
Source: TG
“If you were a mother - 30 years of development for your child’s life, what would you choose?...
‘We’ve lost family, freedoms, contentment, our everyday lives and our rights.’”
Source: TG
