{"id":183712,"date":"2015-05-21T13:04:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T20:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=183712"},"modified":"2015-05-21T13:05:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T20:05:10","slug":"words-of-the-week-volunteer-fifty-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/05\/words-of-the-week-volunteer-fifty-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Words of the Week: Volunteer Fifty Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Word of the Week<\/a>\u00a0comes from the\u00a0Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon<\/a>, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China\u2019s online \u201cresistance discourse,\u201d used to mock and subvert the official language around censorship and political correctness.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u81ea\u5e72\u4e94 (z\u00ecg\u0101nw\u01d4): volunteer fifty center<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Volunteer fifty center. (Source: Weibo)<\/p><\/div>\n

Internet user who defends the Chinese government of their own free will, as opposed to a paid fifty center<\/a>; abbreviation of “fifty center who brings their own provisions” (\u81ea\u5e26\u5e72\u7cae\u7684\u4e94\u6bdb z\u00ec d\u00e0i g\u0101nliang de w\u01d4m\u00e1o).<\/p>\n

Volunteer fifty centers emerged as a reaction to criticism of the government and liberal intellectual commentary. Undercover commentators who write in favor of government policies are often called “fifty centers,” after the fifty cents they allegedly earn for each post. Volunteer fifty centers are instead self-identified and claim their pro-government opinions as their own.<\/p>\n

Over time, the line between fifty centers and volunteer fifty centers has blurred. Any pro-government comment may be disparagingly labelled as the work of either the “Fifty Cent Party” or the volunteer fifty centers. Meanwhile, the government encourages the unremunerated spread of “positive energy” online through programs such as the Communist Youth League’s Youth Internet Civilization Volunteer Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jiangyanhang (@\u59dc\u96c1\u822a): Some people say volunteer fifty centers<\/strong> are brain damaged, but I think they’re the highest form of the fifty cent species. (March 29, 2015)<\/p>\n

\u6709\u4eba\u8bf4\u81ea\u5e72\u4e94<\/strong>\u662f\u8111\u6b8b\uff0c\u53ef\u6211\u89c9\u5f97\u81ea\u5e72\u4e94\u662f\u4e94\u6bdb\u7c7b\u751f\u7269\u7684\u6700\u9ad8\u5883\u754c\u3002 [Chinese<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also Fifty Cent Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"5122889485918219594\"<\/a>Want to learn more subversive netizen slang? Check out\u00a0<\/em>Decoding the Chinese Internet: A Glossary of Political Slang<\/a>. Available for $2.99 in the Kindle, Google Play, and iTunes stores. All proceeds from the sale of this eBook support China Digital Times.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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