Thursday, 26 March 2015

China Seeks to Impose Its Own Routine on Public Dancing

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The grannies could only dance free for so long before the crackdown came. Amid growing complaints about the noise and disruption caused by large-scale organized dancing in public places in China, the authorities have declared that some guidelines are in order.

The General Administration of Sport of China and the Ministry of Culture announced on Monday that a joint study had concluded that the Chinese public wants “healthy, watchable, scientific and wide-ranging” dancing, state news media reported.

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