The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China’s online “resistance discourse,” used to mock and subvert the official language around censorship and political correctness.
Genie Chuo.
Nickname for the Central Propaganda Department used frequently by journalists and media managers. Taking the sound of the first character in “propaganda” (宣传 xuānchuán), Xuanxuan is a flirtatious nickname for Taiwanese pop star Genie Chuo (卓文萱 Zhuó Wénxuān). “Genie” may also be written with the first character for “propaganda” (宣宣).
