Quit bugging me: China censors beetle named after President Xi; Agence France-Presse via Guardian, 7/12/16

Agence France-Presse via Guardian; Quit bugging me: China censors beetle named after President Xi:

"But Chinese censors have ordered that all references to Wang’s bug be removed from the internet, the China Digital Times said.

The US-based website, which tracks censorship in China, cited authorities telling media: “All websites find and delete the article ‘Entomologists Report: Scholars Use ‘Daddy Xi’ to Name a New Type of Beetle’ and related information.”

“Daddy Xi”, or “Xi Dada”, is an avuncular nickname for the president that was once promoted in official propaganda but has since been downplayed.

A search for the beetle’s Chinese name on China’s Sina Weibo social media platform on Tuesday yielded only a message stating that no search results could be shown due to “relevant laws and policies”."