{"id":184029,"date":"2015-06-04T13:38:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T20:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=184029"},"modified":"2015-06-04T13:40:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T20:40:28","slug":"catchphrase-of-the-week-im-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/06\/catchphrase-of-the-week-im-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Catchphrase of the Week: I’m Late"},"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

\u6211\u6765\u665a\u4e86 (w\u01d2 l\u00e1i w\u01cen le): I\u2019m late<\/a><\/h3>\n
\"\u201cGrandpa<\/a>

\u201cGrandpa Wen\u201d famously spoke to Sichuan earthquake victims on the ground. Some saw his hands-on approach as a brilliant publicity stunt. (artist unknown)<\/p><\/div>\n

A catchphrase of former Premier\u00a0Wen Jiabao<\/a>. His first apology for a late arrival came on a trip to Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province after a gas explosion<\/a> in a coal mine there in 2004 killed 166 people. From then on, netizens noted Wen\u2019s every apology for being late at the scenes of natural and man-made disasters: a southern snow storm<\/a> in January 2008, the devastating Sichuan earthquake of May 8, 2008<\/a>, and the site of the Wenzhou train crash<\/a> stand out in the public memory. Instead of praise for \u201cGrandpa Wen,\u201d netizens often think Wen is feeding the people and the media a clever line. They believe he lacks real concern for the plight of the Chinese people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m late\u201d also recalls former premier Zhao Ziyang\u2019s final appearance in public, when he spoke to student protesters in Tiananmen Square on May 19, 1989<\/a>. \u201cStudents, we have come too late\u201d (\u540c\u5b66\u4eec\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u6765\u5f97\u592a\u665a\u4e86) he began, in a speech encouraging students to end their hunger strike. Wen Jiabao accompanied Zhao in the square.<\/a><\/p>\n

Following the June 2015 Yangtze River cruise ship disaster<\/a>, cartoonist Rebel Pepper put Wen Jiabao’s infamous words in the mouth of his successor to the premiership Li Keqiang as he visited the scene<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See also movie star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"5122889485918219594\"<\/a>Want to learn more subversive netspeak? 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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