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.
Nickname name for Bo Xilai. The former Chongqing Party boss, who fell from grace in 2012, is also known as the King Who Pacified the West.
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