> you can see that in today’s China where every form of political jokes (even in private online conversations) is prohibited and actively acted against. I wond

> you can see that in today’s China where every form of political jokes (even in private online conversations) is prohibited and actively acted against. I wonder how you managed to “see” that, since it’s not true at all. If you know Chinese you’ll be able to find political jokes pretty much everywhere on Chinese language websites, especially forums. Some words may be banned by forum software but people just use homophones. Also not surprisingly, no one actually gives a shit about political jokes in private conversations, unless you’re a foreign journalist or known troublemaker or something, I guess (source: done that multiple times within Chinese borders).