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China: Why Focus on Clapping?

Categories: East Asia, China, Freedom of Speech, Media & Journalism, Technology

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) [1]. The blogger criticized such kind of formalism in China politics. His original post was deleted in sina (zh) [2] while there is no problem in posting at sohu.