Egg fried rice protests

As he was making a pan of egg fried rice, he is said to have perished in a napalm attack by American forces on the area, who were drawn to the cooking fire.

[1] While some doubt the story's authenticity,[1] internet users have taken to posting egg fried rice recipes yearly during October or November as a form of protest against the Chinese government.

"[6] Controlling posts about egg fried rice during October and November and publicly shaming those involved "is seemingly a condoned method of constructing an internet that conforms to socialist core values.

"[6] The fried rice story involving Anying's death has never been confirmed and is said to enrage Chinese nationalists and Communist Party officials.

[7] The Chinese Academy of History (中国历史研究院), a state-run institute set up in 2019, denounced the fried rice story as rumors spread by those with "vicious hearts" aiming to "gravely dwarf the heroic image of Mao Anying's brave sacrifice."