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China's censors seem to have banned internet reports about a giant inflatable toad floating in a Beijing park, amid mockery on social media comparing it to ex-president Jiang Zemin.
References to the 22m (72ft) toad unveiled in Beijing's Yuyuantan Park last month have vanished from all major news portals, and a story on the Xinhua news agency site is now unavailable, Channel News Asia cites the AFP news agency as saying. One paper - the official China Daily - dismisses the toad as a "poor attempt to replicate the success of an original work", but fails to mention the still-powerful Jiang - who was nicknamed The Toad during his 13-year rule.
There has been a nationwide fad for huge blow-up animals ever since a Dutch designer floated an enormous rubber duck in Hong Kong harbour last year. In fact, the giant duck triggered so much discussion on social media that the government banned online searches for 'big yellow duck' after Sina Weibo mini-blog users posted photo mock-ups of the iconic lone Tiananmen Square protester facing down not a column of tanks but a parade of bath toys.[/quote]
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Its just a fucking friendly big toad. What the fuck man China
The Chinese government haven't been known to take a joke.
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how dare you sir, that is mockery! something every representative government should allow
fuck, I wanna buy one. are they on ebay. free shipping, preferably.
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facepunch is now banned in china gj
[QUOTE=AlbertWesker;45620910]Streisand effect?[/QUOTE]
Probably not in China (but I suppose people who know about this stuff anyway may find it hilarious).
I want one
[QUOTE=Rika-chan;45622532]I want one[/QUOTE]
What a giant inflatable toad or an ex-president Jiang Zemin?
Im amazed at how someone can sit down and decide that "big yellow duck" needs to be censored to prevent some revolutionary revolt.
[QUOTE=Mabus;45622709]What a giant inflatable toad or an ex-president Jiang Zemin?[/QUOTE]
Apparently they are the same thing, if the mockery is to be believed, so it doesn't matter which one you pick. :v:
[QUOTE=Mabus;45622709]What a giant inflatable toad or an ex-president Jiang Zemin?[/QUOTE]
What's the difference?
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