Ordered by the nation's hardline leaders to suppress the demonstration, troops entered the square with tanks and assault rifles, killing hordes of students who refused to move. Saturday, June 4 marks the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, when the Chinese military in 1989 violently broke up a 6-week student pro-democracy rally. Turns out it's a result of clever photoshopping in the shadow of government censorship.
It's safe to say that this was the first time the term "Big Yellow Duck" had ever been banned.īut had you searched for it (in Chinese) on Jon Sina Weibo, China’s biggest microblog site, a message would have informed you that it couldn't be shown "according to relevant laws, statutes and policies.” Even the most subversive memes, it turns out, have limited shelf life. Note: The rubber duck meme was temporarily removed by Chinese censors after it first appeared online in 2013, but reappeared the following year.
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