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TITLE: Internet culture in the People's Republic of China

Internet culture within the People's Republic of China has obvious differences to that of western society, due to the disparity between cultures

Basis of ... in China
There are 300 million Internet users in China, many being youths under the age of 25. Demographics demographics blah blah.

Internet culture forms a separate identity from mainstream Chinese culture, based only on internet usage. May have been formed to create a distinct taste in the manner people access and utilize the internet.

List of countries by number of Internet users, List of countries by number of broadband Internet users

Phenomena in Chinese cyberspace
Viral videos in China are detached from many aspects of western... little interaction between ... many foreign memes unheard of in China, while similarly Chinese memes rare outside China. The exception to this is when covered... Phenomena usually begin as... formed something memorable to users, such as a catchphrase. Usually begin in forums and blogs. Some removed by admins, Jingjing and Chacha. Some politically motivated, others simply based on

Chinese internet attitudes
Many aspects of Chinese social attitudes are incorporated into the Internet

Obscenity
Many youths are prevalent to use profane language and expressions online, in larger frequencies as they would normally do so in real life, due to level of anonymity. Chinese youths are taught values by parents at a young age, and thus are reluctant to openly swear in real life; the Internet provides an escape from such barriers... Open discussions of explicit topics

Common themes
...may revolve around... nationalistic material... jokes on Japanese and AV, online short stories...

Kuso culture, mo lei tau

Relations to Internet in Taiwan
Internet culture in Mainland China is relatively detached from that in Taiwan... lack of interest... differing opinions... blocks and censors.

Chinese internet terms

 * 打灰机:
 * 穴:
 * 大姨妈:
 * 很好很强大:
 * 黑屏:

Chinese internet memes

 * Very erotic very violent — An common internet catchphrase, after a report by Xinwen Lianbo, the most viewed of China's state-sponsored news programs, where a young girl was reportedly to have come across content on the internet which was "Very erotic, very violent". This incident sparked wide forms of parody on the internet, and also questioned the credibility of the state broadcaster's newscasts.
 * Very good very mighty - a common catchphrase found throughout Chinese forums, and has many different variants.
 * Jia Junpeng - A post on the Baidu Tieba WOW forum which attracted more than 400,000 viewers and 17,000 replies, despite only consisting of the text "Jia Junpeng, your mother is calling you home for dinner".
 * Honglaowai — An American singing Chinese Communist songs.
 * Bus uncle — The reaction of an angry middle aged man towards a young man seated behind him on a bus in Hong Kong, which became widespread over the internet.
 * Back Dorm Boys — Two Chinese males lip-synching to Backstreet Boys in a dormitory.
 * Xianxingzhe — the first bipedal humanoid robot in China, commonly subject to parody and ridicule on the internet.
 * Hong Kong 97 — a game made in Japan and set around the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997, which features poor quality graphics, difficult gameplay, and character control, and a bizarre storyline. The game has gained a cult following for its notoriously poor quality - it has been ranked as a kuso-ge (Japanese for "shitty game"), a game so bad that it's good.
 * Q-version — cartoonification or infantilization in the artistic renderings of real life characters or objects, commonly found on the internet.
 * Fist of the North Star — a Japanese manga commonly subject to parody in mainland China and Taiwan.

Politically-motivated memes

 * Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures — Popular meme regarding a series of mythical creatures, with names which referred to various Chinese profanities. Seen as a form of protest against increased Internet censorship in China introduced in early 2009.
 * Green Dam Girl - Chinese netizens' reaction to the release and distribution of Green Dam Youth Escort, a form of content control software. The Green Dam Girl is a manga-style moe anthropomorphism representation of the software, where common themes involve censorship, satire and sexuality.
 * River crab (internet slang) - Online Chinese term for internet censorship commonly seen throughout forums and blogs.

TODO
Incorporate these (complete rewrite in own words):


 * A片 (A piān) - AV.
 * 棒子 (bàngzi) - An offensive ethnic slur against Korean people.
 * BS = 鄙视 (bǐshì) - Although this is sometimes BS like the English “bullshit,” sometimes it is used to mean “despise.”
 * BT = 变态 (biàntài) - Perverted, deviant, abnormal.
 * 草泥马 (cǎonímǎ) - See "Baidu 10".
 * CCAV = CCTV - CCAV (China Central Adult Video) is a funny nickname for CCTV (China Central Television).
 * CN = 册那 (cènà) - Shanghainese, similar to 操 “cao”, but maybe a little less strong.
 * 倒[dǎo / dao3]Fallen over, knocked over.
 * 顶[dǐng / ding3]Often used in BBS forums to express support, especially by “pushing a topic/post to the top” of the BBS forum so more people will see it. It is similar to “bump” in English BBS forums.
 * FL = 发廊[fàláng / fa4 lang2]Hairdresser, the kind that provides special services. Many “hairdressing” stores in China are actually prostitution houses/brothels.
 * 非主流[fēizhǔliú / fei1 zhu3 liu2]A person, usually young, who is anti-mainstream/non-mainstream, emo, underground, or alternative. They are usually characterized by their fashion and attitudes about life. A common variant is “FZL.”

stick

 * furong jiejie
 * xiao shenyang
 * Feelings tend to run high on Chn blogosphere, ideas fuelled by nationalism, as compared to western

new
http://56minus1.com/2009/08/chinese-internet-slang-net-speak-part-iii/