In early March, after China’s National People’s Congress abolished presidential term limits and paved the way for Xi Jinping to become president for life, Chinese censors online kicked into overdrive.

They banned the terms “personality cult,” “Brave New World,” images and mentions of Winnie the Pooh (a popular meme for President Xi), and even the letter “N.” Also on the banned list was the expression “I disagree.”

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