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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent

Comments on Weibo giraffe post bemoan state of Chinese economy

A woman reacts in front of an electronic screen displaying stock prices
Stock prices at a brokerage house in Hangzhou on Monday after Chinese shares sank to a five-year low. Photograph: AP

A social media post about giraffe conservation has become the latest place for people in China who are unhappy about the economy to vent their frustration, as the Chinese government increasingly cracks down on negative commentary.

On 2 February, the US embassy in China posted an update on its Weibo account about tracking giraffes in Namibia using GPS technology. As of Monday afternoon local time, the post had received approximately 166,000 comments, many of them about China’s economic pains.

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