China: Why Focus on Clapping?

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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 @ 10:23 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:
China
Topics:
Freedom of Speech, Internet & Telecoms, Media
Languages:
Chinese

Liu Xiao-yuan wondered while mainstream media in China was interested in how many times people clapped during Hu Jintao's speech in 17th Party Congress (zh). The blogger criticized such kind of formalism in China politics. His original post was deleted in sina (zh) while there is no problem in posting at sohu.

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“China: Why Focus on Clapping?”

  1. October 18th, 2007 at 3:59 am
    Shanghaiist : 17th Party Congress update: Top buzzwords and the science of claps:
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    [...] Liu’s post at Sina was deleted, but his post at Sohu remained (h/t to Oiwan Lam of Global Voices). Maybe Liu should take Sina to court [...]

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