That’s desperation, boys and girls.
CatSalgado32, I see you are relatively new here. Members here won’t mind much if you post your entire piece here, but if you post an excerpt, people are likely to make you feel quite unwelcome.
They frown, for valid reasons, on posting excerpts from your own blog.
I only say this because you are new, and may not understand this dynamic. I suggest you post the whole thing, not an excerpt.
Do it before people come after you.
“The first line of China’s national anthem says: ‘Stand up! Those who refuse to be slaves.’ Users on China’s Twitter-like Weibo had begun using the line to protest the strict lockdown and food shortages in Shanghai. Authorities responded by blocking searches of the line.Hashtags referencing the line were blocked over the weekend. Users got the message ‘no results can be found.’
It is unclear when the lyrics from the national anthem were blocked. Users began reporting the blocking on Sunday.
A Sunday night post with more than 11,000 likes and 3,000 shares read: ‘How do you sing the first line of the national anthem?’
Another commented: ‘Even the national anthem has been censored. Does that mean that China will also have to change its name soon?’
The lyrics were shared along with the hashtag #Shanghai and news reports about the deteriorating situation in Shanghai. Some even modified the lyrics, with one user posting: ‘Stand up! Those slaves who are hungry and cold.’
Following a spike in cases, Shanghai has been in a strict lockdown in recent weeks, where residents are not allowed to go out to get essentials such as groceries and medical care. Many in the city have complained about not getting food, since the delivery system is overwhelmed.
The government has ignored and even censored posts about the shortages caused by the lockdown, and insists on continuing with its zero-Covid policy.”
This just in: CCP Blocks Itself, Proving The Superiority of The Chinese Way of Government!
The funny thing is, a lot of the rhetoric of the Chinese culture has a very revolutionary tone because of the CCP influence over the last 70 years. Because the CCP always presented themselves as leading revolutionaries trying to overthrow the old ways. The national anthem is just part of the cultural rhetoric.
But if you try to use that same rhetoric today the CCP will ban you.
Also, on your blog break your text up into shorter paragraphs with space between. Online reading, especially if they are reading on a phone.
The large text is nice :)