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Censorship in China never ceases to baffle us, and the country has taken yet another surprising step by arresting a University of Minnesota student for posting offensive tweets while he was in the US.

According to a report by Axios,Luo Daiqing, a 20-year-old freshman in Minnesota, was arrested in July 2019 for allegedly postingcartoons that resembledChinas president, Xi Jinping.

The publication obtained court documents that suggested Luo was detained from his hometown ofWuhan for posting several tweets comparing Jinping with cartoon characters such as Winnie the pooh, and a villain from a show calledBiker Mice from Mars.

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Documents noted that the student tweeted these pictures thatdisparaged a national leader and created a negative social impact, while he was in the US.

In November, the court sentenced Luo for six months of jail.

This incident goes to show that the Chinese government even tracks its citizens abroad too. Last year, theNew York Times reported that China is actively monitoring Twitter and making arrests if they find citizens posting offensive content. And its worth noting that Twitter is blocked in China; some people manage to access the platform using VPNs.

The country was very active last year in censoring any content regarding Hong Kong or partiality to Uyghur Muslims.In September 2019, Apple had to take down theQuartz appfrom the Chinese App Store because of the publications coverage of the Hong Kong protests.

In December, when Arenal and Germany soccer star Mesut Ozil expressed support towards Uyghur Musilms, the clubs game against Manchester City wasnt televised, and the player was removed from video games like EA Sports FIFA and Konamis Pro Evolution Soccer.

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