Liang Xiangyi (left), a China Business News reporter, rolled her eyes as a fellow journalist asked a question at a press conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress meeting on Tuesday. Photo: CCTV
Chinese social media storm over reporter’s eye-roll highlights impatience with staged political events
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