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On July 15, 1947, the Document 0744 ordered the ] and ] to be called "Communist bandits" as a form of ], to the exclusion of all other terms, such as "Red bandits"(In Chinese 赤匪)<ref name=":0" /> On July 15, 1947, the Document 0744 ordered the ] and ] to be called "Communist bandits" as a form of ], to the exclusion of all other terms, such as "Red bandits"(In Chinese 赤匪)<ref name=":0" />


⚫ The term is used today as a slur against Beijing authorities, particularly by ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/visit-08252016132610.html|title=Visit From Chinese 'United Front' Official Sparks Fears in Taiwan|last=|first=|date=August 25, 2016|work=Radio Free Asia|access-date=January 8, 2017|via=}}</ref>
Along with the term ''fei'', the term was used in official documents to describe the ] established on ] and their agencies, and in several slogans such as "Fight against Gongfei's Animalistic Life".<ref name=":0" />

In the 1980s, the term was replaced by "Chinese Communist Authorities."

In 1996, ] halted sales of its ] ] in mainland China due to discoveries that it contained the term in Chinese-language ] software bundled with the operating system following police raids on computer stores. <ref>{{cite news |last1=TEMPEST |first1=RONE |title=Microsoft Halts Sales of Chinese Windows 95 |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-09-28/business/fi-48325_1_chinese-windows |work=Los Angeles Times |date=28 September 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Microsoft Translates 'Oops' Into Chinese Company Software Tags Leaders 'Communist Bandits' |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/sep/29/microsoft-translates-oops-into-chinese-company/ |accessdate=20 August 2018 |work=Spokesman.com |date=September 29, 1996 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Offending Software Pulled From China |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/30/business/offending-software-pulled-from-china.html |accessdate=20 August 2018 |work=] |date=30 September 1996 |language=en}}</ref>

⚫ The term is used today as a slur against Beijing authorities and their sympathizers, particularly by ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/visit-08252016132610.html|title=Visit From Chinese 'United Front' Official Sparks Fears in Taiwan|last=|first=|date=August 25, 2016|work=Radio Free Asia|access-date=January 8, 2017|via=}}</ref>

In May of 2020, it became known that YouTube and its parent site Google delete any use of the term. Comments using the phrase were shown to disappear without reason shortly after being made.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Everington |first1=Keoni |title=YouTube automatically deletes Chinese epithet 'communist bandit' |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3933777 |website=Taiwan News |publisher=Taiwan News |accessdate=17 May 2020}}</ref>


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Communist bandit (Chinese: 共匪; pinyin: gòngfěi) is an anti-communist insult directed to the Chinese Communist Party. The term originated from the Nationalist Government in 1927.

Nowadays outside mainland China, some Chinese people use the term "中共" (literally "Chinese Communist") to refer to Communist China or the Chinese Communist Party. It could also be translated to the English Term "Commie".

Etymology

The characters for "Communist bandits," or gòngfěi, can be analysed in the following manner:

  1. Gòng (Chinese: 共; pinyin: gòng) is a shorter writing for the term meaning "communism" (共產主義).
  2. Fěi (Chinese: 匪; pinyin: fěi) means "bandits". The term of fěi to excoriate the adversary was first used during the Warlord Era, in the form feifei, or "bandit troops"

History

The term of "Communist bandits" to describe the Communist Party of China was first heralded in the tumultuous years of the Chinese Civil War between the Nationalists and the Communists.

On July 15, 1947, the Document 0744 ordered the Chinese Communist Party and its forces to be called "Communist bandits" as a form of rectification of names, to the exclusion of all other terms, such as "Red bandits"(In Chinese 赤匪)

The term is used today as a slur against Beijing authorities, particularly by Taiwanese independentists.

See also

References

  1. 陳茂雄. 馬英九不該過度依賴中共. 蘋果日報. 2008年12月25日.
  2. 钟声. 中共十八大是读懂当代中国的新契机. 人民日报. 2012年10月11日.
  3. ^ Chang, Hui-Ching; Holt, Richard (2014). "Communist bandits (共匪, gongfei) - the evil enemy". Language, Politics and Identity in Taiwan. Routledge. pp. 15–56.
  4. "Visit From Chinese 'United Front' Official Sparks Fears in Taiwan". Radio Free Asia. August 25, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
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