"Fatso Kim the Third" blocked in China
Scarlet & Black 2016-11-18
On microblogs and on social media in China, it was well nigh universal to call the ruler of North Korea Jīn sān pàng 金三胖 ("Kim Third Fat" [referring to Kim Jung-un, third in the line of Kims following his father Kim Jung-il and his grandfather Kim Il-sung]) — until the North Korean government caught wind of it and complained to the Chinese government:
"North Korea begs China to stop calling Kim Jong Un fat" (FOX News, 11/15/16)
This prompted the Chinese government to block references to Jīn sān pàng 金三胖 ("Kim Third Fat"):
"China websites block searches for 'Fatty Kim the Third'" (Reuters, 11/16/16)
Chinese netizens promptly adapted by writing Jīn sān pàng 金三胖 ("Kim Third Fat") as xīn pàng 鑫胖 ("wealth fat"), where xīn 鑫 is thought of as sān jīn 三金 ("three jin" [i.e., 'gold / Kim']').
If necessary to get around the censors, netizens can also divide pàng 胖 ("fat") into yuè 月 ("moon") and bàn 半 ("half"), thus jīn sān yuè bàn 金三月半 ("Kim / gold March / three months half") = Jīn sān pàng 金三胖 ("Kim Third Fat").
See these reddit threads: here and here.
[h.t. Mark Metcalf; thanks to NSBK]