Paul Schoe on Nostr: With all the forbidden terms, Chinese people have mastered the art of sarcasm. ...
With all the forbidden terms, Chinese people have mastered the art of sarcasm. Sarcasm that is often only understood by fellow Chinese living under the same limitations.
I love the Chinese joke with which the article ends, after a call to report students for mocking officials:
“What’re you going to report them for?”
“For repeating what we said, word for word.”
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