Harmonious Society

Society, censorship, and Internet memes GFW Stands for БЂњGreat Firewall of China,БЂ«a play on the Great Wall of China, and referring to China БЂ™s Net Nanny, or Internet censoring mechanism. GFW ФІіХџ№ hц©xiцЁ (huh shih) Literally БЂњriver crab.БЂ«A euphemism for Internet censorship. One of the main guiding philosophies of the Communist party is that of a БЂњharmonious society,БЂ«a catchphrase frequently played upon, parodied, and ironically referenced on the Internet. Using the word БЂњcensorshipБЂ«will often get your site flagged by Web hosts, so when a post, or an entire Web site, gets blocked or deleted, Chinese Internet users sarcastically say that itБЂ™s been БЂњharmonized.БЂ«БЂњHarmonyБЂ«in Chinese, Е’ЊХ°ђ hц©xiц© (huh shih) is similar in pronunciation to БЂњriver crab.БЂ«And since these euphemistic mentions of harmonization have become so ubiquitous that they themselves have become target keywords for getting censored, the Chinese have turned to БЂњriver crabБЂ«to stand in for harmonization. ЕЉџЕ¤«ГЅ‘ gеЌngfu wдѓng (gohng foo wahng) A euphemism for censorship ...»