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China bans dissident Ai Weiwei’s ‘Gangnam Style’ parody video

By Euny Hong
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Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has flouted authorities again with his Gangnam Style parody “Grass-Mud Horse Style,” a reference to a Chinese Internet meme that employs a pun on an obscene phrase to mock government censorship of the Web. The video was blocked by the Chinese government.

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