China’s former premier Wen Jiabao published an article to memorialize his deceased mother on April 15. However, the essay was censored, possibly because Wen called obscurely for fairness, justice, humanity, and liberty for the country. Wen, now 78, was China’s second-highest official from 2003 to 2013. He said in the article that his life in the position was “like walking on thin ice.” Chinese people have been shocked knowing that even Wen can’t escape the regime’s increasingly stringent censorship. “WeChat censored Wen Jiabao’s poignant tribute to his mother at Qingming festival, [a tomb-sweeping day in China]. It really [made me] speechless!” Gao Yu, Chinese journalist and columnist, posted on Twitter on April 19. Gao said that Wen would understand the communist ideologies very well and strictly self-censor, leaving many Chinese surprised to see his article banned. Feng Chongyi, associate professor in China Studies at the University of Technology Sydney, told the …