{"id":24,"date":"2023-04-06T14:05:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T14:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedomsherald.org\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2023-04-06T14:28:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T14:28:17","slug":"words-banned-by-chinas-search-engines-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedomsherald.org\/blog\/words-banned-by-chinas-search-engines-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Words Banned by China’s Search Engines (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people do not realize the control exercised by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over every facet of their citizens lives. Here is one example of how the CCP utilizes thought control<\/a> measures to keep the Chinese people from remembering the unrest and subsequent massacre of innocents on June 4, 1989.<\/p>\n

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\nAccording to the Business Insider in their post 94 Search Terms That China Bans Because Of Tiananmen Square<\/a>, the following words and phrases have been banned by Chinese Communist Party officials:<\/p>\n

Big yellow duck (because an image circulated online showing giant toy ducks replacing military vehicles in the Tank Man photo, the same photo at the top of this post)
\n Tank Man (a reference to the above photo of a lone protester trying to block tanks)
\n Shanghai index (a reference to the Shanghai stock market closing down 64.89 points on 2012’s anniversary)
\n 63 + 1 (because it adds up to 64, or June 4th)
\n 65-1
\n Candle (because the candle emoticon is commonly used online to mourn deaths)
\n Fire
\n Torch
\n Oil lamp
\n Candle flame
\n Blood
\n Democracy
\n Autonomous
\n Twitter
\n Memorial event
\n Mobilize troops
\n Crush
\n Crush and destroy
\n Assemble
\n Revolt
\n Open fire
\n One-party dictatorship
\n Today
\n Tomorrow
\n Yesterday
\n Tiananmen
\n Square
\n Mourn
\n When spring becomes summer
\n That year
\n That day
\n Special day
\n Pillar of shame (a reference to sculptures symbolizing those who died in the massacre)
\n Victoria Park (where some of the sculptures were placed)
\n Evening event
\n Silent tribute
\n Recall
\n Ceremony
\n Little secretary
\n Black shirt
\n Black clothes
\n Redress
\n Commemorate
\n Demonstrate
\n Persecute
\n Conflict
\n Gunfire
\n Turmoil
\n Sensitive
\n Mothers of the Motherland
\n Hunger Strike Declaration
\n Operation Yellowbird
\n Non-violent non-cooperation
\n Chinese Spring
\n Take a walk
\n Member of standing committee
\n Gang of Four (Communist leaders)
\n Political bureau
\n Protest
\n Sit-in
\n Take to the streets
\n Go into the street
\n Never forget
\n Against bureaucratic profiteering (because it’s part of a slogan from the Tiananmen protests)
\n Suppress
\n Tank
\n May 35
\n 35
\n Six Four
\n 64
\n June
\n Jun+4
\n Thirty-five
\n Twenty-four
\n Six+four
\n Six 4
\n 6 four
\n Liusi (Pinyin for “six four”)
\n Bajiu (Pinyin for “eight nine”)
\n Six four
\n Eight nine
\n Eight eight
\n TAM (abbreviation for Tiananmen)
\n Jinshuiqiao
\n Changan Avenue
\n Muxidi
\n Gongzhufen
\n Martial law
\n Student movement
\n Student strike
\n Student federation
\n Massacre
\n March
\n Beijing massacred
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\nAdditionally, there is a translated Xinhua style guide<\/a> for other words and phrases banned by the CCP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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