Because U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visited Taiwan, CCP officials repeatedly threatened to retaliate with drastic measures, causing related topics to continuously come into hot searches on Weibo. However, after she arrived, the CCP could do nothing. Then Weibo suddenly blocked IP addresses in mainland China. Information about social platforms like Weibo and TikTok crashed shortly after Pelosi’s plane landed in Taiwan attracting attention. Recently, after the news of Pelosi’s visit was released, the CCP media regularly issued statements of harsh protest, and officials made tough signals such as military exercises and war preparations. Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of...