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Decoding Chinese online lexicon: How Jade came to represent the Chinese President Xi Jinping

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The Chinese president's surname is embedded in the Chinese characters Originally published on Global Voices Chinese calligraphy converted from “ fonttopng.com “. Image by Oiwan Lam. The Chinese term “Jade” or “Fei Cui” (??) has been appropriated by overseas Chinese dissidents as a coded expression for criticizing the Chinese President Xi Jinping in recent years. The trend will likely continue as Chinese political dissidents have just launched an online “ Jade campaign ”, calling for the overthrow of the top leader. According to the Analytical Dictionary of Chinese Characters , Fei Cui originally refers to a kind of bird called…

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