Smog the people
来自China Digital Space
喂人民服雾 (wèi rénmín fú wù): smog the people
Smogging the people. (Yuanzi)
Literally “feed smog to the people.” A play on Mao Zedong’s motto “serve the people,” it is a commentary on China’s ever-worsening air quality. While “smog the people” has been in use for several years, the phrase gained currency in October 2013, when smog stopped traffic and hindered tennis matches in Beijing and brought an “airpocalypse” to Harbin.
Around New Year’s 2014, many Weibo users called “smog the people” the “most resounding watchword of 2013” (2013最响亮的口号 喂人民服雾).
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