The Eye Roll That Upstaged Xi Jinping

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From https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/03/14/593427980/the-eye-roll-that-upstaged-xi-jinping

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The Eye Roll That Upstaged Xi Jinping

March 14, 2018 11:40 AM ET
Rob Schmitz

In what will go down as one of the most significant legislative sessions in modern Chinese history, an eye-rolling millennial managed to steal the show from President Xi Jinping, a man who had just been given permission to rule 1.3 billion people for as long as he wants.

Liang Xiangyi, a young financial news reporter, was so disgusted on Tuesday by a fellow reporter's three-part softball question to a government official at this week's National People's Congress that she was caught on live television rolling her eyes, looking the questioner up and down in disbelief and then finally turning away.

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But in an autocracy, the empire usually strikes back: By the end of the day, Liang Xiangyi's name had been censored on China's largest search engines, the video deleted from Chinese websites and millions of Chinese netizens were suddenly worried about what would become of their newfound hero.

Yicai, the financial news organization she works for, has reportedly removed Liang from their coverage team of the National People's Congress, and it's a good bet Chinese journalists are being told by their supervisors that from now on, they'd best be keeping any negative reactions — to the Congress and the annual theater surrounding it — to themselves.

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[Corvo Bianco]

1. The initial eye roll isn't enough so it is followed by a for-shame body scan of the woman from

head to toe. I like it!

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2. I like it too, but apparently the feeling isn't universal.

I hope she's OK.

[NewJeffCT]

3. yes

that was quite the eye roll and look over.

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4. That was quite the scan

[eppur_se_muova]

5. The way things oughta be ... in Trumpworld. nt