Angry Chinese people are using a US embassy social-media page to dodge censors and vent about its slumping economy
Source: Business Insider
Angry Chinese people are using a US embassy social-media page to dodge censors and vent about its slumping economy
Mikhaila Friel
Mon, February 5, 2024 at 9:03 AM EST·3 min read
Chinese investors, angry about the state of their country's economy, are using an unlikely forum to vent their frustrations: A post about giraffes on the US Embassy's Weibo account.
More than 165,400 comments have flooded the post on Weibo, one of China's largest social-media platforms, which details how scientists in Africa used AI and GPS to track and protect wild giraffes.
Commenters have taken the opportunity to share unrelated complaints about China's flailing economy in the hope that their comments will not be deleted by Chinese censors.
China's blue-chip CSI300 Index fell 6.3% last month to a five-year low after a series of government measures failed to confidence among investors, according to Reuters.
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