You learn pretty quick, you don’t go online and say anything negative against the CCP, that is the Chinese Communist Party otherwise a plethora of abuse is headed your way – that much is for sure.

The xiǎo fěnhóng or little pink in English is the online army of CCP trolls who shout down anyone who dares say anything negative about China. The propaganda wing of the CCP is there to manipulate public opinion and are paid per comment. The 50 cent army known as the wǔmáo dǎng is allegedly paid fifty cents per comment, or should I say favourable comments. Some are reasonably argumentative coming up with original comments although they mostly don’t. They mostly cut and paste and what is well known, they have no internet etiquette, they just abuse people engaging in slander and abuse. What is clear is they are not free thinkers and forget about any critical thinking abilities – they are just mindless trolls.