Zhou Yongkang Butt of Jokes on Chinese Social Media Site

Zhou Yongkang, of the all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,  has become the "butt" of jokes on social media sites after corruption charges were leveled against him on July 29, for "serious discipline violations."

A new game featuring the image of a tiger on Tencent Holdings' WeChat messaging app invites you to touch the glowing behind of the tiger to get a low down on the list of corruption charges against the ex-security chief.

Tapping on the tiger reveals four virtual playing cards detailing his spheres of influence in the oil industry, the Sichuan province, internal security and his family. A choice of one of the cards leads to questions about his activities under that heading and a correct answer lauds you as a "tiger beating hero".

Chen Liming, a spokeswoman for Tencent Holdings, didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment from Bloomeberg about the game.

Web users in China can now be jailed for as much as three years for comments deemed defamatory after a recent tightening on internet freedom in the country.

The mere fact that such a game is being allowed on WeChat reveals his utter fall from grace and how he is no longer in the 'taboo' list of China's elite who can never be named or ridiculed on social media sites.

Code names for Zhou, like "Kang Shifu" or "Big Tiger," are no longer needed to evade social media censors. The search term "Zhou Yongkang" was discussed among some 10 million readers after being cleared by censors, according to media reports.

But there are some skeptics who say one should enjoy the freedom as long as it lasts "It's OK if you play the game with Zhou Yongkang, but when the characters start to change, and someone figures out a way to swap it and gets someone else's name on there that they don't want to get after, that's when they will end the game," said David Zweig, a professor of political science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, reports Bloomberg.