When the simple acts of posting, sharing stories and exchanging views is disallowed in China, forming communities on a banned platform itself constitutes a radical form of resistance.
. Six months ago, they posted a mix of historical photos, pandemic memes, and China news. Now, they crowdsource and make visible protest footage, political posters, and first-hand narratives from around the world; some of them also mobilize followers and publish mini think-pieces. All these are connected to the ongoing Chinese civil unrest, the largest wave since the 1989 pro-democracy movement.
Take myself as an example. Having grown up in China, where discussing politics was taboo, my urge to voice my political opinions has almost always lost out to the desire to sustain a facade of harmony. I would not have learned about the rally if it weren’t for these meme pages. Nor would I have this community of like-minded friends had I not viewed and shared the numerous posts showing the absurdities of China’s Zero-Covid Policy.
Instagram has enjoyed more popularity than Twitter among Chinese with access to the global internet due to its initially apolitical, entertainment-heavy content. As the number of Chinese users grew, meme boards featuring the lives of study-abroad Chinese students emerged. The founders could not have imagined that their personal meme accounts would become radicalized along with their followers. The pages can roughly be divided into two types: meme pages and nostalgic mood boards.
@Northern_Square, a protest account that currently boasts 88,000 followers, started as an art project by a US-based artist who goes by Bei. In May 2020, mesmerized by the aesthetics of 80s and 90s China—especially the June 4th movement that would eventually culminate in the Tiananmen massacre—Bei started posting photos from online archives that documented the joy and solidarity shown by the Tiananmen protesters.
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