Chinese Internet giant Baidu Inc is investigating how online searches for a doctrine espoused by President Xi Jinping led users to a video clip that appeared to poke fun at the policy, people familiar with the matter said.
The search engine, like all Internet companies in the country, typically censors content to eliminate politically sensitive topics. But on Tuesday afternoon, people who hunted on Baidu for Xi’s “Four Greats” – a policy doctrine attributed to the Chinese leader – found results that featured a video explaining the local phrase for “tooting one’s own horn”.