Jasmine Flowers
In December 2010, the citizens of Tunisia successfully demonstrated 28-day civil unrest against the regime. The movement, named the “Jasmine Revolution” after the country’s national flower, aimed to hold the government responsible for the dwindling quality of life in the north African nation.
Now, the Jasmine revolution took place in Tunisia. But, its scent had reached the shores of China, suggesting something similar in the communist nation. This led to the Chinese government curbing the Jasmine flower and any mention of it on the internet.
8 Strange Things Banned In China
Let us begin by asking you two simple questions. First, are you someone who spends a lot of time scrolling through Instagram and can’t even imagine life without it? Second, are you planning to visit or move to China? If the answer to both these questions is a yes, then, unfortunately, you’ll have to give up on one thing – IG or China! Because China has banned Instagram.
Instagram banned. Seems quite irrational, right? Well, not for the Chinese Government that completely censored it starting September 2014 to stop people from sharing instigating images during the pro-democracy protests.
But Instagram is not the only one thing, China has a long list of banned artifacts – from popular websites such as Facebook and YouTube to some peculiar stuff such as cartoon characters and flowers. And we are going to look at some of them in this article.
So brace yourselves for the eight most strange things China has banned for various reasons.
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