When Chinese Internet Users Call Xi Jinping Daddy

New Entries in the Grass Mud Horse Lexicon

Internet censorship in China has inspired the invention of a menagerie of online creatures: the river crab, the elephant of truth, the monkey-snake. Each beast’s name plays on a word or phrase that has at some point angered Chinese Internet users, often because it has originated in a piece of state propaganda. The river crab, or héxiè, is the embodiment of the doctrine of “harmony” (héxié), promulgated by former president Hu Jintao.

How China’s Economic Slowdown Will Impact Africa

A China in Africa Podcast

The tremors in China’s faltering economy are being felt across Africa. Now that China has replaced Europe and the United States as most African countries’ largest trading partner, there is understandable concern that slowing demand in the P.R.C. will be felt in Africa’s commodity export dominated economies.