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Indices: fishermen, the man's smile, chair
Symbols: fishing rod, presence/absence of faces
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Phrase 劳动致富 - 'work hard and get rich'
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Vertical structure: the man - people opposition
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Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign
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Critique of officials
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2
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Indices: Lei Zhenfu's head
Symbols: CCTV1 news studio
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Lei Zhengfu's head instead of a broadcaster's
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Lei Zhengfu's scandalous sex video;
new Internet information security regulations;
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Censorship
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3
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Symbols: Pinocchio, national emblem, fruit and vegetables
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Great Leap Forward;
Yang Jisheng's article Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine;
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Historical events
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4
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Symbols: five stars from the national flag, red cracker
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Five stars as a flame
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Chinese New Year's traditions:
upcoming appointment of the new leader
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Political system
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5
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Indices: a man
Symbols: a strong hand covering mouth
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Chinese Internet regulations
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Censorship
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6
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Icons: family, newspaper
Indices: mask, hat, Mao suit, people's expression of anger
Symbols: excrements
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Excrements
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Tuo Zhen's appointment as the propaganda chief of Guangdong province;
homophones: 庹 (surname) = 坨 (a measure word for excrements)
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Critique of officials
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7
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Indices: smiley face;
Symbols: Loud Sounds Prohibited sign; red excrements, name of the currency and bank
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Excrements
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Tuo Zhen's appointment as the propaganda chief of Guangdong province;
homophones: 庹 (surname) = 坨 (a measure word for excrements)
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Critique of officials
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8
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Symbols: a person with plastic bags, three pieces of excrements
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Excrements
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Opposition of one person and three pieces of red excrements: same structure as in the famous photo of Tiananmen Square incident
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Tuo Zhen's appointment as the propaganda chief of Guangdong province;
homophones: 庹 (surname) = 坨 (a measure word for excrements)
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Historical events
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9
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Indices: head under the ground
Symbols: oustrich, excrements
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Oustrich
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Tuo Zhen's appointment as the propaganda chief of Guangdong province;
homophones: 庹 (surname) = 坨 (a measure word for excrements) = 驼 (oustrich)
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Critique of officials
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10
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Indices: weak woman, strong man
Symbols: red floor
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The woman is being raped by the man - the relations between the party and the media
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Chinese censorship regulations
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Censorship
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11
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Indices: newspapers, axe, Hermes belt, Mao suit, official
Symbols: the Statue of Liberty, three watches
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Newspapers as a base for the official
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Chinese censorship regulations;
corruption
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Critique of officials
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12
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Indices: official's traditional hat, bar code
Symbols: red background,
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Traditional Chinese garment;
corruption
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Critique of officials
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13
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Indices: bag of money, tiger;s smile
Symbols: tiger, flies, axe, flapper
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Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign;
Xi Jinping's quotation: '要坚持“老虎”、“苍蝇”一起打' - 'must keep on fighting tigers and flies at the same time'
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Critique of officials
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14
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Indices: pig's head, fish body
Symbols: pig's head
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Pig's head
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A fish in the hands of a human
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The Huangpu river incident
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Environmental problems
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15
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Indices: army suit, Santa Claus' suit, official's bag
Symbols: pig
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Pig's head
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The Huangpu river incident
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Environmental problems
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16
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Indices: human, pig
Symbols: pig
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Pig in the water
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Vertical struxture: a human is opposed to a pig in the water
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The Huangpu river incident
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Environmental problems
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17
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Indices: head of a dead, fish body
Symbols: red water,
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Pig's head
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The Huangpu river incident
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Environmental problems
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18
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Symbols: red logo of the Ministry of Railways
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Ministry of Railroads scandal
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Critique of officials
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19
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Indices: Lei Zhengfu's face
Symbols: toad body, horse, toilet paper
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Inrternet euphemisms;
Homophones: 你幸福吗?(Are you happy?) = 拟幸福马 (Horse that imitates happiness); 幸福 (happiness) = 性富 (rich with sex);
CCTV program on happiness;
Lei Zhengfu's scandalous sex video
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Critique of officials
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20
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Indices: Mao's selected works book
Symbols: Lei Feng
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Lei Zhengfu's head
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Lei Feng's example of true communist spirit;
Films about Lei Feng aired in 2013
Lei Zhengfu's scandalous sex video
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Critique of officials
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21
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Icons: Mao's portrait
Indices: mask, closed eyes, waving hair
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Mask
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Beijing smog problem
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Environmental problems
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22
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Icons: Mao's portrait
Indices: closed eyes, waving hair, smile
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Beijing smog problem
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Environmental problems
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23
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Indices: red stains,
Symbols: Apple Inc. logo, Fruit Ninja application logo
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Chinese media's anti-Apple campaign
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Foreign Affairs
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24
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Indices: happy director, formal suit
Symbols: wolf, deer, 'thumb up' gesture
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Media as the main platform for propaganda
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Media
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25
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Indices: Mao Zedong's hairstyle, Red Guards' hand band, user's face expression, nets
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two smaller Red Guard-like fidures are bending in front of the Mao-like figure
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Internet censorship regulations;
Red Guards
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Censorship
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26
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Indices: official government seal
Symbols: the Statue of Liberty, gold bar, prison cell
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Corruption
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Political system
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27
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Symbols: Hitler's body,
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Hitler-like figure
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Colonel Dai Xu's opinion on China's military strategy and current affairs
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Environmental problems
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28
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Indices: magnifying glass, smiling cameraman, hand
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New restrictions on domestic media
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Media
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29
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Indices: axe, pioneer, no mouth
Symbols: red book instead of a head,
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Red book instead of a head
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A bigger figure is dominating the smaller one
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Traditional Chinese teching methods
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Society
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30
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Indices: Sun Wu Kong, bulldozer
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Bucket of the bulldozer
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A huge bulldozer opposed to a small Monkey king: opposition of the government secision and people
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The legend of the Monkey King;
Governmental decision for demolition of the Xingjiao Temple in Xi'an
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Society
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31
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Indices: chickens, red transparency
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Arrangement of chickens as in a traditional photo of meetings and congresses, with two older and more important figures in the center
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H7N9 strain of avian flu situation
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Environmental problems
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32
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Icons: Oval Office
Indices: Obama's face expression
Symbols: red curtains, a transparency with Chinese characters
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Petitions of the Chinese posted through the White House website
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Society
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33
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Icons: policeman
Indices: microscope, computer, sign of Tallium
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Popular manga Detective Conan;
The case of tallium poisoning being brought up to public attention again
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Society
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34
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Symbols: Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger
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Parallel images; same posture - same status
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The US and China leaders' meeting at Sunnnylands, California
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Leaders
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35
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Indices: foot, broken line
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A loss in the Thailand-China match
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Society
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36
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Indices: traditional hat of imperial officials
Symbols: pagoda
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Jumping pagoda
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Pagoda has great power - jumps over the face of a man
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Case of Liu Guofeng and chengguans
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Society
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37
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Indices: red book, smiles
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All characters are equal
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Concept of China Dream;
Post deletion in Weibo
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Censorship
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38
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Symbols: cloud symbolyzing a dream
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Equality of a seller and the chengguans vs. inequality
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Concept of China Dream;
Case of watermelon seller in Hunan;
Reputation of chengguans
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Society
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39
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Indices: ghost
Symbols: scales, smashed watermelon, watermelon juice
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Case of watermelon seller in Hunan
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Society
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40
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Icons: China map
Indices: iron weight
Symbols: watermelon juice, smashed watermelon
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Case of watermelon seller in Hunan
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Society
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41
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Icons: chengguan, SWAT officer
Symbols: smashed watermelon, watermelon juice
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Case of watermelon seller in Hunan;
Reputation of chengguans
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Society
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42
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Icons: grey-colored people with no faces
Indices: mouths
Symbols: watermelons, smashed watermelons
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Watermelon heads
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Small, medum-size and big watermelons = a family
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Case of watermelon seller in Hunan;
Passivity of the public
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Society
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43
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Indices: crying female worker, chengguan's hat and badge, a military
Symbols: the Great Wall, red bacground
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Chengguan standing on a man's head
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Case of watermelon seller in Hunan
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Society
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44
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Indices: SWAT shields and clubs
Symbols: smashed watermelon, watermelon juice
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Case of watermelon seller in Hunan
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Society
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45
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Symbols: monk's hat; traditional clothing
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The Legend of the White snake;
Qigong instructor Wang Lin's reputation
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Society
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46
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Indices: V-sign
Symbols: emperor's garment, brick ornament
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Wall-man is much bigger than the usual man - mmore power
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The status if VIP-users in Weibo
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Censorship
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47
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Indices: handcuffs
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The status if VIP-users in Weibo
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Censorship
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48
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Symbols: @-symbol head, locks
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Freedom of Internet discussions
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Censorship
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49
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Icons: human silhouette
Indices: net
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Silouette is situated outside the net and is much bigger than other people
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Freedom of Internet discussions
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Censorship
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50
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Icons: policemen
Indices: WeChat icons
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Freedom of Internet discussions
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Censorship
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51
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Icons: human silhouettes, water
Indices: police shields
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Typhoon in Zhejiang;
Protests after the madia coveragte of the situation
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Society
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52
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Indices: red pepper
Symbols: fire
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Chopstics imply the presense of someone huge compared to the pepper
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Imprisonment of a blogger with the nickname Rebel Pepper
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Censorship
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53
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Indices: axe
Symbols: official government seals, tree roots
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Anti-corruption campaign
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Political system
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54
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Indices: cane, red necktie
Symbols: yuan symbols
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Elderly - young opposition
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the case of an elderly woman beig rescued by school students
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Society
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55
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Indices: graduation hats
Symbols: golden rice bowl, red star
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News about the number of civil service examination participants
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Critique of officials
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56
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Indices: headless chickens, dog, feathers for writing
Symbols: 5 jiao note
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The biggest feather means the highest status - about Mao Zedong
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Chinese government practice of hiring Internet cpmmentators
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Media
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57
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Indices: red smile, Mao suit, traditional suit
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CCTV program about happiness
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Media
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58
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Indices: baozi
Symbols: Winnie-the-Pooh
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Xi Jinping's lunch in a small Beijing restaurant
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Leaders
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59
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Symbols: yellow, black, red colors
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Multiple meaning of 德国 (Germany and 'the country of moral');
Anti-pornography campaign
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Political system
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60
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Indices: gas-jet, smiling police
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An incident of a protester burning to death in his tent in Shandong province
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Society
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