The death of four helpless animals. But their frozen bodies have awakened the conscience of millions of people. The name ‘Wang Wang’ was just a name of a scoundrel, today it is a symbol of protest across China. Countless people have taken to the streets with the slogan ‘Wang Wang should be brought to justice’. A wave of anger has spread on social media. And the Xi Jinping administration is now uncomfortable in the face of that public anger.
What exactly happened? Last month, four minors in China brutally killed a stray dog and its three puppies. It is known that the mother scoundrel’s name is Wang Wang. None of the minors who committed this brutal act was over 14 years old. They captured the entire incident on camera and posted it on social media. On June 28, the video of this brutal incident went viral (although the authenticity of the video has not been verified by Sangbad Dawan Digital). There, four minors are seen dragging Wang Wang to the ground by wrapping a rope around his neck. Then they threw Wang Wang to her cubs. Then the minors poured flammable material on Wang Wang and her cubs and burned them alive. As soon as the video went viral, the Chinese people erupted in anger. Not only that, but the fire of protest spread across China and to different parts of the world. Everyone demanded justice for Wang Wang. This brutal incident took place on June 28 in Pingpu Village, Xinheng City, Zhejiang District, China.
Posters demanding justice for Wang Wang have been put up in different parts of China. The text reads – ‘Justice for Wang Wang’. Not only that, stickers, badges, etc. have also started being sold. Many people have bought them and started using them in their daily lives. Significantly, there is no law against animal cruelty in China. Raising this issue, Chinese animal lovers have demanded an immediate law against animal cruelty in the country. Meanwhile, to quell the protests, Jinping’s government has ordered all the posters to be removed. Not only that, it has been announced that no such posts can be made on social media, which has angered a section of the Chinese people. In addition, the Jinping administration has also ordered the deletion of posts on social media demanding Wang Wang’s trial.
But is this just a movement to demand Wang Wang’s trial? Not so. According to a section of informed circles, for a long time, the Chinese government’s various policies, strict controls, and the dissatisfaction of the general public had been building up like a pent-up fire. Wang Wang’s incident is just an explosion of that pent-up anger. In other words, Wang Wang is just a symbol – by whose hand the accumulated anger of many days has come out on the streets.
In addition to animal slaughter, the ordinary people of that country are angry about the oppression of workers in China and the Chinese aggression in Hong Kong. The more anger surrounding Wang Wang increases, the more President Xi Jinping’s forehead wrinkles. Protests that began over the deaths of four dogs have now become an expression of simmering resentment against the Chinese government, with Beijing increasingly uneasy about how a seemingly isolated incident is becoming a symbol of broader political anger.