PakNews: In China, an eye-roll goes viral, censors put a lid on it

Friday, 16 March 2018

In China, an eye-roll goes viral, censors put a lid on it

It was the eye-roll that launched a thousand gifs. China's censors are scrambling to put a lid on a social media frenzy unleashed by a journalist's reaction to a softball question during the mostly scripted annual parliament session. Impeccably coiffed and sporting a bright blue suit jacket, Yicai financial news service reporter Liang Xiangyi sighed and raised a sceptical eyebrow at another journalist's query to a delegate at a National People's Congress press event Tuesday.