Thread by @henrysgao

Thanks for all the likes. Now is the time to dig into the "why" question behind the new restrictions.

Simply put, there are 3 reasons:
1. a man and two women;
2. a woman,
3. a man.

https://twitter.com/henrysgao/status/1447043935428177923

1. a man and two women:
Remember this guy? The former CEO of Taobao and heir apparent to Jack Ma. He got into a high-profile scandal last year when he was allegedly involved in an extra-marital affair, then Alibaba rushed to removed all posts from social media.

This is how the scandal made its way into a high-level report to the top leadership, where the CAC called it an example of "capital manipulating media". Since then, Alibaba has been ordered to divest its huge media empire, as reported by @WSJ in March.
wsj.com/articles/beiji…

2. a woman.
This is the most powerful woman in China's media sector, who single-handedly established two of the top Chinese financial newspapers. The day after China's National Day, she posted the link to an article in her Caixin on how to cook pig head, a delicacy in China

which is also challenging to cook, with the following comments: with such a bad reputation, who would dare to establish a “strategic partnership" with it over the dining table?

“Strategic partnership" is something that two big world powers tried to establish but failed.

3. a man.

Now the final piece of the puzzle is a man's relentless pursuit for a third chance.

The last thing that Winnie The Pooh wants when he's trying to get that honey pot is the annoying buzz of the bees.