Officials did it in part by scrubbing from the country’s Internet Chinese characters for “Kim Jong Un,” “North Korea” and Kim’s popular nicknames among Chinese, such as “Fatty Fatty,” Business Insider reported. no content containing North Korea (朝鲜 or Chosun), no account name that includes North Korea are shown on China's twitter-like service. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech in Beijing on March 26. Other popular Chinese nicknames for Kim, such as “Fatty the third” and “Fatty Kim the third,” also occupied spots on the list. In 2016, China temporarily banned terms like “Kim the Fat,” “Kim Fat III” and “Kim Fatty III,” Business Insider reported.

Source: Washington Post March 29, 2018 08:25 UTC