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‘Tank Cake’ in Livestream Unnerves Beijing on Eve of Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre, Prompting Censorship

By Frank Yue

 

Apparently, the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre is such a sore spot for the Chinese regime that the sale of a tank-shaped cake has to be censored. A top livestream salesman in China was shut down after presenting a cake shaped like a mini tank. The authorities deemed it to be a reminder of the June 4 incident.

On the evening of June 3, one day before the 33rd anniversary of the bloody crackdown, a leading Chinese influencer Li Jiaqi and his team were astonished when their livestream was unexpectedly cut off, right after the tank-like cake was shown.

“We are urgently dealing with a technical breakdown on the backstage,” Li posted on Weibo. “Please kindly wait for a while.”

Shortly afterwards, however, he delivered a second message, “We’re terribly sorry we cannot resume livestreaming tonight due to an internal equipment glitch.”

 

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