Beijing skyline
The Beijing skyline.
  • A social-media account belonging to China's US Embassy is being flooded by angry investors.
  • Thousands have commented about the dire state of the stock market on a post about giraffes.
  • Some of the comments have reportedly been deleted, while others used sarcasm to deter censorship. 

Chinese investors, angry about the state of their country's economy, are using an unlikely forum to vent their frustrations: A post about giraffes on the US Embassy's Weibo account.