The term “revenge society,” or “revenge against society,” is used in China to refer to acts of violence against innocent civilians committed in blind desperation by those on the bottom rung of society to protest social and political injustices for which there seems no recourse. Emerging online in the early 2000s, the term has been applied in bot…

China formulated the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence as a common ground for the Non-Aligned Movement — nations that declined to take a side in the Cold War rivalry between the US and USSR. Today, China has found renewed use for it in its own rivalry with the US.

“Radical feminist” is a term of derision hurled at Chinese women who dare to stand up and raise their voices, challenging social mores and traditional definitions of their role and value. The term, which can also be used by state media to suggest that assertions of women’s rights are divisive, implies that women’s expectations for equality are n…