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In China, the Xi regime Jinping confirms that he does not intend to give way on his territory to the slightest dispute on social networks. The posts of a famous Chinese influencer have completely disappeared since an allusion to the 1989 events in Tiananmen Square.
Where did Austin Li, the lipstick king, go? The man with 170 million followers on Internet has been missing since June 3, 2022, the day he live-streamed a float-shaped ice cream promotion. Chinese censorship sees it as a reference to the famous photo of a man remaining motionless in front of a tank, during the demonstrations of June 3 and 4, 1989 in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. (China). Demonstrations followed by bloody repression.
It’s the day of 33rd anniversary of the events of Tiananmen that the Chinese influencer tasted this ice cream, during a live broadcast. A program that was immediately cut, censored. Every year, around June 4, the armies of Chinese Communist Party censors are mobilized to erase any reference to these events, even tank-shaped emojis, on social networks. Austin Li hasn’t been seen in a week.