A Reporter Rolled Her Eyes, and China’s Internet Broke
- 6 years ago
A Reporter Rolled Her Eyes, and China’s Internet Broke
On Chinese social media, GIFs and other online riffs inspired by Ms. Liang’s epic eye roll quickly proliferated,
and by evening they were being deleted by government censors.
As the annual meeting of the country’s legislature stretched into its second week, the event’s canned political pageantry
and obsequious (and often scripted) media questions seemingly proved too much for one journalist on Tuesday.
On Chinese social media, GIFs and other online riffs inspired by Ms. Liang’s epic eye roll quickly proliferated,
and by evening they were being deleted by government censors.
As the annual meeting of the country’s legislature stretched into its second week, the event’s canned political pageantry
and obsequious (and often scripted) media questions seemingly proved too much for one journalist on Tuesday.