In recent days, Chinese internet users have found themselves unable to edit their social media profiles. The seemingly inexplicable phenomenon happens every year in China in the days leading up to June 4, to the consternation of the young and uninitiated.
“They’re so strict during the university entrance exam period,” wrote one Chinese user, referring to a nationwide standardized test scheduled for June 7 and 8 that largely will determine whether and where high school seniors continue their academic pursuits.
Similar comments blaming the inability to edit profiles on security measures on the exam have been seen across the social media landscape. That these individuals can’t think of any other reason for heightened sensitivity this time of year exposes the naïve innocence of a population cohort still ignorant of the horrors that the government inflicted on its own…
