This is a traditional Chinese cicada toy. Kids have played with it for generations — you spin it and it makes a continuous, high-pitched buzzing sound. That sound is now banned in China. Netizens noticed that when Xi Jinping speaks, his voice has a similar droning, cicada-like quality. So they started posting videos of the toy as a quiet form of mockery. The association stuck. Every video of the cicada toy got scrubbed. I just scrolled through dozens of the remaining clips in a row. One after another, the netizens’ profile pictures simply vanished. Only the last account’s avatar is still sitting there untouched — rock-solid foundation. The system’s “magic clash” couldn’t erase it. This is what peak sensitivity looks like in 2026 China: A children’s toy sound becomes political, and faces start disappearing from the internet.