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五毛 (wǔ máo): fifty cents
[[File:wao.png|thumb|250px|right|''New character comprised of the two characters for “fifty” and “cents,” pronounced ''wao''.'']] Netizens first coined the term “Fifty Cent Party” to refer to [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2010/08/an-inside-look-at-a-50-cent-party-meeting/ undercover Internet commentators] paid by the government to sway public opinion (“fifty cents” is a reference to the alleged pay received per post). Now a “fifty-center” is anyone who actively and publicly posts opinions online that defend or support government policy. The Fifty Cent Party has become the object of much scorn. Netizens have written [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2010/06/fifty-cent-party-member/ comics] about and [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2010/02/the-fifty-cents-party-training-manual/ “training manuals”] for fifty-centers. 

The activist and artist [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2011/05/chinas-web-spin-doctors-spread-beijings-message/ Ai Weiwei conducted a lengthy interview with a self-described fifty-center] which circulated during his 2011 detention.
[[File:Wu Hao.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''[http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/wu-hao/ Wu Hao], former deputy director of the Yunnan Province Propaganda Department, is showered with fifty-cent bills during a speech.'']] 

[[File:fifty cent.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''Grass-mud horse on the “fifty-cent bill.”'']] 

[[File:wumao ad.png|250px|thumb|right|''“Love to hide, do not love the truth / 
''Love to be first, love to stand out /
''Love to guide public opinion, and love even more to pretend to be a netizen /
''My ten fingers are black /
''I do not have eyes /
''Who am I? /
''You cannot see me. /
''I am an Internet commentator /
''I am Fifty Cents.”'']]

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