The World’s Patrick Winn noticed the pejorative “wumao,” which means “50 cents” in Chinese, being used on social media, especially since the protests began in Hong Kong. It’s an insult for someone seen as being a mouthpiece for the Chinese government. Winn looked into how the word is used and how accurate it really is.
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