14.1.3. Xi Jinping memes (习近平模因)

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Figure 155. Xi Jinping (习近平, 2012-∞, Heil卐!), Jiang Zemin (江泽民, 1989-2002) and Hu Jintao (胡锦涛, 2002-2012) photoshopped on top of a clothing advertisement (TODO original). The text reads: "江胡险恶 习以为常". TODO understand. 江胡 are the surnames of Jiang Zemin (江泽民, 1989-2002) and Hu Jintao (胡锦涛, 2002-2012). 习 is the surname of; Xi Jinping (习近平, 2012-∞, Heil卐!). "习以为常" is a fixed expression that means "to get accustomed to". Also asked at: https://www.mohu.rocks/question/573 on Mohu (膜乎), and explained at: https://www.secretchina.com/news/gb/2003/12/03/56236.html from Falun Gong media (法轮功媒体). Source
Biden sanctions vs Xi Jinping tech crackdown 2021
Figure 156. Meme impliying that Xi Jinping (习近平, 2012-∞, Heil卐!)'s 2021 tech crackdown was much mroe destructive to the Chinese economy than contemporary economic sanctions imposed by United States president Biden. English source, Chinese source, meme template by Joan Cornella.
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Figure 157. That’s what she said Xi Jinping meme, is a pun on words between Xi and She.
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Figure 158. Xi waiting for outgoing chief executive CY Leung, "president" of Hong Kong between 2012 and 2017, at a hotel, in 2017. The image was immediately likened to supervillain or criminal boss movies and use by Hong Kong (香港) protesters, e.g. https://twitter.com/DavidJWat/status/880333206473420800 likens it to a Jams Bond villain. https://qz.com/1018919/hong-kong-handover-memes-making-fun-of-chinese-president-xi-jinping-and-his-wife-cy-leung-and-others