By Oiwan Lam Chinese social media has recently been overrun with memes about toads. Why? To celebrate the 90th birthday of former Chinese Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin, who many consider looks somewhat like the squat amphibian. On the Chinese web, those who publish the memes about Jiang are called toad fans orhasi (蛤絲) and the act of publishing itself is … Continue reading Defying web censors, Chinese ‘worship’ toads to mark a former state leader’s 90th birthday