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Analgesic balm in a hexagonal jar, launched in Rangoon by the Aw brothers in 1924, was a staple of Chinese families’ medicine cabinets for a generation. Today, Tiger Balm products have fans around the world, including Lady Gaga

 

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Chinese eye-roll censored - credentials revoked - from the SCMP

 

Journalist finds herself in the eye of a media storm when she fails to contain her apparent exasperation at another reporter

 

 

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But hours later, Liang’s media accreditation to cover the NPC was revoked, according to one of her colleagues.

By Tuesday night, her personal Weibo page had been taken down and search results of her name on the social media platform were censored.

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The "reporter" asking the question was actually representing a media entity based in California and connected to the Confucius Institute - it seems like Liang took a moment to study something - like her credentials - before she did her OMG thing.

Anyway, hope people are smart enough to draw their own and appropriate conclusions from these events because Uncle will be trying to control the reality.

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On 3/14/2018 at 12:43 AM, Randy W said:

Chinese eye-roll censored - credentials revoked - from the SCMP

 

Journalist finds herself in the eye of a media storm when she fails to contain her apparent exasperation at another reporter

 

 

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But hours later, Liang’s media accreditation to cover the NPC was revoked, according to one of her colleagues.

By Tuesday night, her personal Weibo page had been taken down and search results of her name on the social media platform were censored.

 

It's apparently a big deal in China, so if you're interested, here's a couple more links from the SCMP - I'm not (sorry)

Petitioners want a White House investigation to determine whether US-based American Multimedia Television is linked to Beijing’s publicity apparatus

 

 

Audrey Jiajia Li says the enthusiastic response to a reporter’s disdainful reaction to a question at a press conference at China’s annual parliamentary meeting sheds light on people’s frustration with how carefully choreographed official events are

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The 2003 SARS epidemic - on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/scmp/videos/10156195784499820/

Panic gripped Hong Kong in March 2003 as the deadly Sars virus spread through the city. Painful memories still linger for many, 15 years on

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Panic gripped Hong Kong in March 2003 as the deadly Sars virus spread through the city. Many of the survivors are still feeling the after-effects

 

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