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Everyone knows what censorship is. It is everywhere and in my personal opinion, censorship is something that we need in our lives. However, far too often, censorship goes too far.

#FreeTheNipple

All jokes aside, too much censorship is a serious issue in China, as shown in this political cartoon.

China is a prime example of censorship gone too far. Internet is supposed to be something that we can use to express ourselves and information right at our fingertips. However, a basic human right such as freedom of speech, is not something that the citizens of China get to experience.

An example would be the phrase 黄鸭, which basically means "yellow duck." Seems harmless but this phrase is one of the many words that are censored in China.

Why? It's because the phrase yellow duck is related to this image.

How cute!

Although it looks like a humorous image at first glance, many people will know what are the origins of this picture.

This photo is from the Tiananmen Square protests, which resulted in the death of many innocent civilians. The Chinese government does not want their citizens to know of what happened on June 4 of 1989. It goes so far that even on the anniversary of this date, words such as today, and that day, to try to come around censors. This, of course, failed.

Creative methods were used, such as looking up the nonsense phrase 占占点, which resembled tanks crushing protesters but even this was blocked. The China firewall is a non-penetrable wall that the citizens of China are trapped behind.

Even the name Kang Shifu, a brand of instant noodles, was blocked. Was it an instant noodle epidemic? Fortunately no.
Unfortunately, China was back at it again with the excessive censorship. Kang Shifu was a nickname for a China official who had to undergo an investigation due to corruption.

Although the citizens of China do have internet access, the wool is still being pulled over their eyes. The Chinese officials prevent these citizens from being able to see what they really need to see, and this is something that needs to stop.