Chinese web users get creative to dodge Covid censorship

A resident looks out through a gap in the barrier at a residential area during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China. Stuck at home, many of the city’s 25 million residents have taken to social media to vent fury over food shortages and spartan quarantine conditions. — Reuters

BEIJING: From quoting the national anthem to referencing Hollywood blockbusters and George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, Chinese web users are using creative methods to dodge censorship and voice discontent over Covid measures.

China maintains a tight grip over the Internet, with legions of censors scrubbing out posts that cast the Communist Party’s policies in a negative light.