2026-11-03
On November 3, French Sud Radio comedian Régis Mailhot teased Kylian Mbappé for committing an unforgivable mistake—telling the truth by bluntly calling Mao Zedong a dictator and shouting 'Free Tibet,' while simulating an apology to Beijing after the radio station was supposedly acquired by China.
2026-10-31
During Halloween on October 31, many people in cities like Shenyang, Wuhan, and Xi'an wore hazmat suits to cosplay as 'Dabai' (pandemic-era epidemic prevention workers), with some acting out scenes of checking health codes and conducting PCR tests on the streets.
2026-10-31
During the Halloween event in New York on October 31, a wreath mocking Xi Jinping appeared at the scene, drawing a crowd.
[Follow-up · October 31, 2026] During the New York Halloween parade on October 31, someone carried a coffin of Xi Jinping to participate in the parade.
2026-10-31
On Halloween 2026, medical students across the country used costumes to express the ills of the medical industry. Many doctors participated in plain clothes after work, while other medical students poked fun at the variety show 'The Exciting Offer'.
2026-10-31
On October 31, at a Halloween event in Qingdao, Shandong, a netizen attracted attention by wearing a cape made of exam papers, labeling it 'Flower of the Motherland'.
2026-10-31
At the Hong Kong Halloween event on October 31, someone dressed as a 'Big White' (pandemic prevention worker) and held a long-handled 'Grim Reaper' scythe, sparking attention.
2026-10-31
On the night of October 31, a netizen dressed up as Xi Jinping during the Halloween event in Shibuya, Tokyo. He said it was a spur-of-the-moment idea and he didn't expect it to be so popular, with people from many countries asking for photos and cameras and flashes constantly going off.
2026-10-31
During the Halloween event in Chengdu on October 31, a cosplayer dressed as a "high school senior," holding a "Must-Do High School Exercises" book and wearing a sign that read, "No pain, no gain; high school is tasteless without suffering."
2026-10-31
On October 31, the WeChat official account "Hard Tech Soft Talk" published an article titled "Meng Wanzhou: From Switchboard Operator to Rotating Chairwoman, 32 Years, Relying on Systems, Not Bloodline." In the comments section, netizens used the plot from the movie "Hi, Mom"—where the factory director's son works as a broadcaster—to mock the claim.
2026-10-30
After Mbappe became embroiled in a controversy over 'insulting China' due to a Mao Zedong meme, some Douyin users created a 'Mbappe on Sports Hydration' meme modeled after the cover of 'Xi Jinping: The Governance of China', accompanied by 'anti-Mao' music, with the comment section using famine memes to mock Mao Zedong.
2026-10-28
The creator of the Mbappé-Mao Zedong meme was interviewed by the French magazine 'So Foot', lamenting that they originally just wanted to make a meme to amuse friends, never expecting it to develop to this point.
2026-10-28
After the controversy over Mbappé's remarks, a netizen posted on WeChat Moments a photo of a "Hydrate" drink printed with Mbappé's face along with a doctored image captioned "Party enemy Mbappé," with the caption "has become a swan song." After the post went up, friends could not see it; 22 minutes later the user reposted a screenshot, and it was blocked again more than two hours later.
2026-10-22
Recently, a Douyin blogger released an AI short film "The Human Examination Hall," depicting scenes such as students being forced to do problems while on an IV drip with a high fever, and the whole class being punished because one person failed, claiming that high-pressure education is "the slaughterhouse of the human world," with bullet-screen comments saying "it's so like it."
2026-10-21
On October 21, a netizen photographed a poster put up in an office building in Shenzhen titled “In Order Not to Cause Trouble for the Shenzhen APEC Summit, Please Choose Your Way of Contributing,” which listed options such as working overtime until late at night and letting your beloved car sit idle. It sparked heated discussion among netizens and was subsequently taken down.
2026-10-20
Recently, an illustrator on Xiaohongshu posted an illustration titled “Discourse Power,” depicting the communication predicament of children having their voice stripped away in a dominant family atmosphere. It received 34,000 likes. Netizens interpreted it as a metaphor for ordinary people’s public discourse power, online bans (“夹了”), and unequal power relations in the workplace and on campus.
2026-10-19
On October 19, a netizen posted a video saying that in first grade his teacher told him he was a successor to communism; years have passed and the central authorities still have not sent anyone to discuss the succession with him, so he has been quietly lying low at the very bottom of society, sparking follow-up posts and memes among other netizens.
2026-10-18
On October 18, a Douyin blogger posted a video saying that no big shot can easily deprive tens of millions of people of their lives without paying a price, and that after death one may not necessarily be laid to rest in peace, citing Stalin as an example. He then said the story had nothing to do with him and asked viewers not to take it seriously.
2026-10-14
On October 14, a netizen uploaded an AI-generated video to Douyin, dramatizing the enrollment drive as a group of people in old-style uniforms searching the mountains at night with torches and shouting, "Whoever hasn't signed up for insurance, come out now." Commenters joked, "Chasing people to serve the people."
2026-10-09
On October 9, an uploader on Bilibili posted a lyric-adapted work titled “Breakpoint,” satirizing the breakage of the brake pedal bracket on the Huawei Stelato during a Dongchedi test. Netizens, imitating Yu Chengdong’s tone, quipped “the best lyric adaptation under 10 million.”
2026-09-29
On September 29, a netizen posted a video of a snowy night street scene on Douyin, sarcastically claiming that the Communist Party is fair and just, clean and transparent, and serves the people wholeheartedly; commenters pointed out the satirical meaning of the post.
2026-09-18
Recently, the Chinese-style animation 'Dengxian Pavilion,' adapted from 'Flowers in the Mirror,' has gone viral on Douyin. Through a fictional class structure, the work satirizes the absurd exploitative relationships between the powerful, the compradors, and the starving lower classes, sparking resonance and discussion among netizens regarding the current state of society.
2026-09-14
On September 14, a netizen posted the animation "Right Is Wrong" on Bilibili. Through the dialogues between sheep and sheepdogs, and wolves and deer, the work satirized the servility of the ruled managing their own kind on behalf of the rulers, as well as the hypocritical logic of rulers packaging the absence of harm as benevolence.
2026-09-14
On September 14, an AI designer released a short film titled 'Youth Malfunction Record', using surrealist techniques to concretize images such as a tsunami of exam papers, robot surveillance, and a roulette of exam recruitment, satirizing the pressure of academic advancement and high‑pressure disciplinary control in the Chinese education system, which sparked widespread discussion online.
2026-09-13
On September 13, a netizen posted a character table covering all Chinese characters, and then many netizens in the comment section pieced together the names of sensitive figures such as Xi Jinping, Mao Zedong, Lin Biao by extracting individual characters, using this for political satire and expression.
2026-09-11
On September 11, a netizen posted on social media a "Xi Jinping electronic prayer beads" created using a certain app's custom photo function, replacing each bead with Xi Jinping's portrait, which has attracted online attention and political satire.
2026-09-09
On September 9, AI designer Mihrolla released a surrealist video, using metaphor to showcase the academic burden and ideological constraints in Chinese education.
2026-09-10
The Shanghai Sports Bureau announced that Liu Xiang chose to seek employment independently, after which the official Weibo account enabled the comment selection feature, triggering mockery from netizens over the official's inconsistent words and actions.
2026-09-06
"Road signs can be removed, but memes cannot." On September 6, a netizen from Shanghai held up a sign for "Public Toilet 450m" saved on their phone in front of the Huawei flagship store on East Nanjing Road for a photo, with the caption: "You have received a new OTA update." In the comments section, others also posted photos of Huawei stores juxtaposed with "Recyclable Waste" bins. #FanzeiAcademy
2026-09-05
On September 5, a Douyin account released an AI short film titled 'Millennium Illusion', which uses a fictional magical world to satirize various social issues in China, attracting widespread attention and discussion among netizens.
2026-09
In September 2026, the online song "I wanna go to China", which carries overtones of foreign-facing propaganda, went viral on Douyin and was then made by a large number of middle school students into guichu videos,配上 running and disciplinary training footage to satirize high school life.
2026-08-31
A netizen submission claims that a 32-member rescue team went missing while carrying out disaster relief at Gyirong Port, and subsequently arrived in a European country offering visa-on-arrival through international rescue channels.
2026-08-17
An AI short drama set against the background of the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty was released on Bilibili, quickly racking up tens of millions of views and millions of likes, and sparking viewers’ resonance with and discussion of real social issues.
2026-07-28
On July 28, 2026, satirical cartoonist Zhu Senlin posted a satirical cartoon titled "After Winning the Award" on the Douyin platform, attacking academic utilitarianism and the phenomenon of grabbing research achievements. After resonating with netizens and sparking heated discussion, the work was quickly deleted by the platform.
2026-07
Philippine media Daily Tribune posted on its official Facebook account an image that photoshops Xi Jinping into Winnie the Pooh, noting that the photo cannot be published in China.
2026-01-16
As more and more laughable segments from "Great Nation Craftsmen" emerged, netizens one after another imitated them and shot videos, delivering mocking reenactments of content such as "how to use a vernier caliper" and "the emergency stop button."
2025
Taiwanese cross-talk performer Huang Yihao mocked Xi Jinping on stage with terms such as Chief Accelerator and Emperor of Unfinished Projects.
2024
Mbappé's face was photoshopped onto a portrait of Mao Zedong by a Reddit user. The meme began to circulate among Chinese football fans and evolved into a series of parody images featuring Stalin, Kim Jong-un, and others.
2023-08-18
On August 18, 2023, France's 20 Minutes reported on a parody video that face-swapped Mbappé with Mao Zedong and set it to the red song "The Sun in the Sky Is Red"; the meme originated as fans' satire of his outsized influence within the team.
1994
From Beijing with Love was released; the scene in which the protagonist pays the firing squad 100 yuan and is then politely escorted out the door is interpreted as a satire on the darkness of the judiciary and the power of money to open every door.
1991
"Tricky Brains" was released, featuring lines such as "Yuan Mu is so honest, Li Peng is our greatest leader" in the "lying bean-paste bun" scene.