WATCH: Patriotic song praises China's cyberspace censors, gets censored in China
Cyberspace Spirit, the official theme song of the Cyberspace Administration, has been posted on its website amid a renewed crackdown on the internet in the mainland.
It's unlikely to win a Grammy or top the download charts. But a new song, with its grandiose lyrics and stirring marching tune, memorably lauds the work of the men and women transforming China into a great power today - by censoring its internet.
Cyberspace Spirit, the official theme song of the Cyberspace Administration, has been posted on its website amid a renewed crackdown on the internet in the mainland.
"Loyally watching the sky here, bearing the responsibility of building a rising power," the song begins, in the most overt reference to the watchdog's role in keeping out unwanted foreign content. "In the ocean where all loyalties meet, [we are] the measurement of the Chinese culture ... our belief and devotion will flow in the Yellow river and the Yangtze river."
It continues: "A great internet power - tell the world that rising as a great power is the Chinese dream. A great internet power - I am representing the country to the world."