{"id":184602,"date":"2015-07-02T12:38:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=184602"},"modified":"2015-07-02T12:38:01","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:38:01","slug":"word-of-the-week-your-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/07\/word-of-the-week-your-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Week: Your Country"},"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

\u4f60\u56fd (n\u01d0 gu\u00f3): your country (your China)<\/a><\/h3>\n
\""Your<\/a>

“Your country, your country, your country…” (Source: chuansong.me<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Play on “my country” (\u6211\u56fd w\u01d2 gu\u00f3), a common reference to China.<\/p>\n

Calling China “my country” is nothing new or uncommon; Japanese and Korean use the same reference for their respective countries<\/a>. But netizens have taken to subverting the literal meaning of “my country,” as CDT founder Xiao Qiang explains<\/a><\/strong> at Foreign Policy:<\/p>\n

The phrase has been popping up as a hashtag in posts or embedded as a subversive barb. But Xiao said the term is mostly used by \u201cpolitically liberal, pro-human rights\u201d and pro-democracy netizens, and that it is deployed against opponents who are \u201cpro-[party], nationalistic netizens.\u201d Xiao said it\u2019s a way to battle the propaganda that assumes a Chinese citizen is a party supporter. In short, it\u2019s a way of saying, \u201cYour China is not my China.\u201d [Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Terms like “your country” separate the Chinese Communist Party from the state<\/a>, which are often conflated in official rhetoric.<\/p>\n

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

@showmethepath: Your country<\/strong> regards itself as an ancient civilization with five thousand years of history, but now all your reality TV shows are copied from the bangzi<\/a><\/em>. And you have the nerve to say the bangzi<\/em> have no culture. (July 2, 2015)<\/p>\n

\u4f60\u56fd<\/strong>\u4f5c\u4e3a\u4e00\u4e2a\u636e\u8bf4\u6709\u4e94\u5343\u5e74\u5386\u53f2\u7684\u6587\u660e\u53e4\u56fd\uff0c\u73b0\u5728\u50cf\u6837\u4e00\u70b9\u7684\u771f\u4eba\u79c0\u5168\u90e8\u662f\u6284\u68d2\u5b50\uff0c\u8fd8\u597d\u610f\u601d\u5632\u7b11\u4eba\u5bb6\u68d2\u5b50\u6ca1\u6587\u5316\u3002 [Chinese<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also expensive country<\/a> and kneeling country<\/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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