In late October this year, a college student named Chen Xiaofeng was inline skating with a friend on the campus of China's Hebei University. A VW sedan, driven by a drunk driver, struck them head on, killing Chen. The driver tried to speed away, but was stopped by security guards. "My father is Li Gang!" he yelled at them. Li Gang is the Deputy Police Chief in the Beishi district of Baoding. When the Communist Party tried to suppress the story for fear of populist reaction to the son of a high-ranking official being given favored treatment, the opposite happened on the Internet. Soon, the driver was arrested and the phrase "My father is Li Gang" has become a mocking catchphrase.
China’s Censorship Backfires in ‘Li Gang’ Case - NYTimes.com
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