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“River crab”的版本间的差异

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[[File:river crab1.jpg|500px|thumb|center|''Picture of a river crab wearing three watches. ("Wear three watches" (带三个表) sounds the same as "Three Represents" (三个代表) Jiang Zemin's signature ideological creation.'']]
 
[[File:river crab1.jpg|500px|thumb|center|''Picture of a river crab wearing three watches. ("Wear three watches" (带三个表) sounds the same as "Three Represents" (三个代表) Jiang Zemin's signature ideological creation.'']]
  
[[File:rivercrabflag.jpg|400px|thumb|left|''National Flag of the Republic of Rivercrabs.'']]
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[[File:rivercrabflag.jpg|300px|thumb|left|''National Flag of the Republic of Rivercrabs.'']]
  
[[File:china flag.jpg|400px|thumb|right|''Flag of the People's Republic of China'']]
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[[File:china flag.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Flag of the People's Republic of China'']]
  
 
[[File:river crab2.jpg|500px|thumb|center|''The word "harmonious" written in Chinese--except various components have been modified to resemble the character radical used in the word "crab."'']]
 
[[File:river crab2.jpg|500px|thumb|center|''The word "harmonious" written in Chinese--except various components have been modified to resemble the character radical used in the word "crab."'']]

2010年11月8日 (一) 04:53的版本

河蟹 (hé xiè): river crab

The word, "river crab" refers to internet censorship.

The Chinese government often uses its goal of constructing a "harmonious society" (和谐社会) as a justification for censorship. Chinese netizens parodied this word and began using it as a euphemism for censorship. River crab (hé xiè) sounds nearly the same in Chinese as harmonious (hé xié).

"River crab" can also be used as a verb, for example, instead of saying something has been censored, one might say "it has been harmonized" (被和谐了) or "it has been river-crabbed" (被河蟹了).

In the context of Chinese internet mythology, the river crab (censorship) threatens the habitat of the grass-mud horse (symbol of online deviance). For a famous YouTube video that illustrates this, see here.

Picture of a river crab wearing three watches. ("Wear three watches" (带三个表) sounds the same as "Three Represents" (三个代表) Jiang Zemin's signature ideological creation.
National Flag of the Republic of Rivercrabs.
Flag of the People's Republic of China
The word "harmonious" written in Chinese--except various components have been modified to resemble the character radical used in the word "crab."