China’s Angry Investors Skirt Censors With Replies to US Embassy
Stock figures in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai.
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A social media account of the US Embassy in China has become the latest go-to place for Chinese netizens to vent frustration over the economy and recent stock-market rout, as Chinese authorities clamp down on criticism.
In the comment section of the embassy’s Weibo post on giraffe protection on Friday evening, some 53,000 users added remarks by Saturday evening, winning over 300,000 likes.