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China has one of The Most strictly controlled internet environments in The World , But despite this its 854 million internet users in 2019 found ways to challenge the government or speak about the topics you discuss to.

This year, China has become an inflamed #MeToo movement, the Young People challenged unethical working hours, and The Nation is United in concern against the aggressive rollout of AI technologies.

But the government also promoted its own interests in relation to The Environment , the economy, and of course in Hong Kong .

the Hong Kong demonstrations have dominated discussions among Chinese online In The Last six months, this topic has dominated the news on Social Media platforms, both within and outside of Mainland China .

In fact, the large-scale Hong Kong protests, which resulted in the focus of international media attention at the beginning of June, to the word "Hong Kong ", first of all. As the protests began, the government in Beijing censored any reference to them, But after it became clear That they do not, the public media portray the demonstrations as violent with "shades of terrorism".

Hashtags including #supportthe Hong Kong police and #protect Hong Kong were aggressively rolled out the government, the media, on the Chinese Social Media platform Sina Weibo .

In contrast, on Twitter and Instagram, protesters used the hashtag #FightForFreedomStandWithHK and #GloryToHongKong slogans, which are then associated with the demonstrations.

'Civilized behavior move" A Number of Chinese cities, bellies exposed to an example of the "uncivilized behavior" Against China Roll-out of a controversial social credit system in the year 2020, as a means of assessment of the citizens the economic and social reputation, a phrase That popped up every now and again: the need for more "civilized behavior".

The government in Beijing has left it to determine regions, how to implement this, and as a result, A Number of provisions aimed at citizens "" have a civilized, in force, to the country, But have also left people scratching their heads.

In July , The Eastern Chinese city of Jinan prohibited, Topless men, and the habit of men exposed, the shirt their bellies by rolling up your T -.

In may, the capital targeted, and The Eastern of Nanjing has warned Jaywalkers pedestrian, crossing the street at a red traffic light, your social credit will be affected.

face detection face detection is in, more and more Chinese industry - But the people are not impressed with China's development of Artificial Intelligence technologies have shot up this year, But the online issues around The Rise of Facial Recognition technologies raised eyebrows and ignited a lot of concern online.

Early in the year, payment service Alipay worked extensively with the retail trade and the consumers are enable to buy products with face detection. But by July, it is known That there are filters to add beauty to the facial-scanning payment devices, noting That the majority of consumers were not comfortable with the technology, and

face recognition has been mocked for his imperfections. In may, a security camera in the wrong man

identified, And there have been A Number of controversies in terms of platforms as unnecessarily Intrusive in the collection of consumers ' facial data.

In July , a vlogger has made a mockery of, after, In September, an app called ZAO was shut down after it allowed users to put their faces in place of film and TV characters, and

And in November, a law professor sued a Wildlife Park , after which it all of a sudden.

'996' Jack Ma and his Alibaba business would not have been successful if he worked extensive overtime at the end of last year, the term "996" surfaced on A Number of Social Media microblogs and forums, originally by the workers in China's tech industry as a subtle way to vent your frustrations on the excessive amount of work they were expected to do.

The Chinese censors are fighting to censor, number of sequences, as they are often harmless. To complain, therefore, Weibo users were able to use the term "996" to the public, your employer, the violation of China's labor laws, was, by this work about 72 hours a week: from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week.

But the sentence has now seen extensive use outside of the tech industry, especially among China's young, who complained That overtime is an epidemic

however, Some of the best in the country, the defending entrepreneurs, the "996" - system, the deduction to exceed the it allows your business to others. Country man and tech entrepreneurs Richard Liu.

985,211,996,251 Another of China's giant companies have been drawn to, in The Number scandal. The String of numbers 985,211,996,251 looks like a website address, But it is, in fact, is used to speak of a scandal of a former employee of the tech giant, Huawei.

The First and The second set of numbers to China's top universities, many of which are tech-staff get - 985/221 in the National University rankings; 996 The Number of hours you are generally expected to work, and the 251 is The Number of days previous Huawei employees Li Hongyuan he spent in the custody of the police after a dispute with his employer.

Li was sent worked for the jail for questions relating to severance pay for 13 years for The Company . He was accused of extortion. after the find there is not enough evidence to Huawei claim.

The case has stained The Reputation of Huawei, despite the huge wave of domestic patriotism in the direction of it after the arrest of its CFO Meng Wanzhou in Canada a year ago.

Sexual assault is a Beauty vlogger Yuyamika encouraged others to break their silence on the experience of domestic violence in The Last year on the international dynamics of the #MeToo movement, China has to mention A Number of Women who try to use the hashtag to their own experiences of sexual abuse, But they were quickly censored online.

This year, however, Women in China have made it difficult for government censors to filter their experiences of sexual assault, through the exchange of Material, which they secretly filmed by their own experiences.

It has become increasingly common and almost daily occurrence in recent months for the videos to appear on Sina Weibo That quickly spread virally, of Women attacked by their partners. The All-China Women 's Federation says That so many called, like 30% of the Chinese Married Women - approximately 90 million Women -

In November, a beauty vlogger Yuyamika to their millions of followers.

And there have also been discussions between the student communities, to people who abused positions of power, Women .

In December, students at universities and united online in detail about their experiences of sexual assault at the hands of their professors. This led to two University professors kicked out.

Recycling-VR-games went viral for showing the Chinese, the recycling could be fun, The Environment is forcing a growing subject of international interest this year, and In July , the largest and most populous city in The World , Shanghai, took the courageous step to.

It is requested That people share their waste into four different types, or other face hefty fines. In addition, restaurants and food delivery service companies, plastic Cutlery and hotels are forbidden, disposable goods.

in the same month, the hashtag #dividing rubbish challenge went viral, with the help of the government, the promotion of opportunities That people were able to remember which product goes in the bin.

Social Media users across the country, stimulated viral songs, Board games, and even a video of A Man playing a Virtual Reality -garbage-Division-discussed game.

And there was a widespread national awareness to more eco-friendly. The official CGTN broadcaster says That .

'Boycott...' Some say they will boycott the 2020 film Mulan after the actress Liu Yifei posted support for the Hong Kong police This year, it was repeated calls - largely government-orchestrated boycott, individuals, products or franchises, if they are seen to be anti-China.

A Number of international brands have been slammed by the Chinese media in August, because they are on either Hong Kong , Macau or Taiwan, how individual countries or regions:

China went further this year to risk antagoni sing its international sports fans with the note That it would also not tolerant of major sports franchises. According to basketball manager Daryl Morey and his support for Hong Kong has led protesters in October

In December, a tweet from Arsenal football player Mesut Ozil also.

It is also already media counter-campaigns in overseas in retaliation will have to cancel the China culture.

In March, Indian users to use the hashtag #boycott Chinese products, the leader of a group, carried out a cashmere-suicide bombing, a terrorist.

In August, people on Twitter used the hashtag #BoycottMulan.

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Source of news: bbc.com