“Calling a Rat a Duck”: The Chinese story that would not go away, Bitter Winter, July 28, 2023:
“One month ago, Bitter Winter was among the first international media that reported about the “calling a rat a duck” scandal. In a college canteen in Jiangxi, a student found a rat’s head in what was served to him as duck. He posted a video on social media. He was compelled to delete it and the college principal summoned him. He basically told the student: “A rat is a duck if the Party says so.”
You cannot stop a video once it has become viral, and both the incident and the principal’s reaction led tens of thousands of netizens to ridicule the CCP.
As we predicted, the story did not go away. Some enterprising toy and souvenir manufacturers started producing rat-duck toys and key rings and other memorabilia commemorating the incident, which quickly became nationally successful. Some even tried to obtain patents and trademarks for them…..”
Read the full article at Bitterwinter.org
