A bit of levity

Victor Shih @vshih2

Love this one from wechat

Translation:

“How powerful are international anti-Chinese forces?

The international community, in order to to trick China, spent $2bn to organize a 28-day fake World Cup.

But, China sees through the plot and its team didn’t participate. Otherwise, the consequences would have been too awful to contemplate.”

Jordan Schneider @jordanschnyc

Some official thought it would be a good idea to take down the “Urumqi Street”sign where protests were held last night Now my whole WeChat timeline is laughing at it

Let the memes commence:

Mao @Maoviews

境外勢力偷走了烏魯木齊中路。

Another photo is going around of someone bringing an alpaca to Urumqi Street in Shanghai, close enough to a “草泥马”, ‘grass mud horse’ which sounds like ‘fuck your mother’ in Chinese. No idea when this was taken though.

赛先生的小迷弟🇺🇦 @TruthOfFinance

刚才在推特空间讲过，乌鲁木齐中路的抗议活动将会很快被严厉镇压下去。这无关政治倾向，只是残酷的政治现实。当然，这种带羊驼逛街的行为更具智慧。

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