Comments on Weibo giraffe post bemoan state of Chinese economy | China

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.

“Who can help me? I’ve been unemployed for a long time,” wrote one commenter. “I’ve seen…