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<h3>''yǎkèxī'' 亚克蜥</h3>

[[File:亚克蜥.jpeg|250px|thumb|right|''The CCP’s policies are ''yaxshi''. (Source: Nie Bozi 聂波子)'']]

A [[mythical creatures|mythical creature]] derived from the Uyghur-language word ''yaxshi'' (ياخشى‎), meaning “good,” and transliterated into Chinese as ''yǎkèxī'' 亚克西 . The word rose to fame after the CCTV 2010 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCTV_New_Year%27s_Gala Spring Festival Gala] segment “The Party’s Policies are Yaxshi,” in which dancers in traditional Uyghur dress praised the Communist Party, a great irony in light of the inter-ethnic [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/urumqi-protests-2009/ riots in Xinjiang] the summer before. Netizens then began using the word to mock the absurdity of the state propaganda and to to sardonically praise policies in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The yax lizard was dubbed by netizens as “the first mythical creature of 2010,” joining the [[grass-mud horse]] and the [[river crab]] in the pantheon of  [[mythical creatures]].

Note: The [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/uyghurs Uyghurs] are a majority-Muslim Turkic people and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_entities_of_China#Legal_basis titular nationality] of the [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/Xinjiang Xinjiang] Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

'''Examples:'''

<blockquote> ''Ast丶ro'' ( @Ast丶ro )：Since yesterday afternoon, the famous photo-sharing software—in fact the international social media for photography—Instagram, has been blocked. Congratulations on having a new member in the social media family along with Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Line and Snapchat! It's really '''Yakexi''' to live in the Celestial Empire, and how I wish I could live in the "CCTV News Simulcast!" (September 29, 2014) </blockquote>

<blockquote> 从昨天(28日)下午开始，著名照片分享软件，也算是国际摄影社交圈的Instgram无法访问。祝贺Facebook、Twitter、Youtube、Line和Snapchat的社交大家庭中又添新丁！住在天朝真是'''亚克西'''啊，真想生活在《新闻联播》里！[[https://freeweibo.com/weibo/3760104090505952 '''Chinese''']] </blockquote>

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