Deciphering the online Chinese lexicon: how the term Jade came to represent President Xi Jinping

Chinese calligraphy converted from ” fonttaopng.com “. Image by Oiwan Lam. In recent years, the Chinese term “Jade” or “Fei Cui” (翡翠) has been used by overseas Chinese dissidents as a code phrase to criticize Chinese President Xi Jinping. The trend is likely to continue as Chinese political dissidents have just launched an online campaign … Read more