Accelerator-in-Chief ( zh, s=总加速师, t=總加速師, p=zǒng jiāsù shī) is a nickname or jargon used by opponents of Chinese leader

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, s ...

, whose internal and foreign policies ''accelerate/expedite'' the process of either "bringing China to a strong rivalry with the superpowers", or "the collapse of the CCP". This term is patterned after ''Architect-in-Chief'' ( zh, 总设计师), a commonly-used title for

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After CC ...

, the Chinese leader who initiated the

Reform and Opening The Chinese economic reform or reform and opening-up (), known in the West as the opening of China, is the program of economic reforms termed " Socialism with Chinese characteristics" and "socialist market economy" in the People's Republic of Ch ...

of the PRC. It became popular in early 2020 on Twitter and is widely used by Chinese dissidents as a slang to express dissatisfaction with

censorship Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...

and highhand policies. Some users think if the system is beyond repair, instead of opposing or correcting its problems, it is a better choice to accelerate its original course towards demise.

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