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Authorities in China have ordered a state broadcaster to punish a popular TV host for insulting the Communist Party founder Mao Zedong at a private dinner. Bi Fujian was a talent show host on China Central Television (CCTV) when a video circulated in April showing him mocking Mao in comments interspersed with song. Julian Marshall asked Diane Wei Liang - a Chinese author and cultural commentator based in Europe - what she made of the incident. (Photograph : Reuters)
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