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Reporter rolls eyes on live TV during China’s national congress; gets censored

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A reporter got in trouble in China for eye-rolling during a Q&A session. She made the gesture upon hearing a question that favors the government.
One Chinese reporter was caught rolling her eyes yesterday during the morning session in the second week of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC). She had to face some consequences.
Reporter Liang Xiangyi from the financial news site Yicai seemed like she wasn’t able to contain herself, as she was caught live on national television rolling her eyes at Zhang Huijun, a reporter from American Multimedia Television USA. According to a report by the South China Morning Post yesterday, the eye-rolling by Liang happened after Zhang started lobbing a softball question to state assets chief Xiao Yaqing.
The video of Liang’s eye-roll has since been shared and gone viral the world over. In the video, Liang, in blue, can be seen looking at Zhang, in red, as she started to speak. Zhang’s 40-second question, however, seemed to have irked Liang, as Zhang dabbled on about the 40th anniversary of China’s opening up and reform.

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