China bans wordplay in attempt at pun control

http://gu.com/p/43yyc/stw

Officials say casual alteration of idioms risks nothing less than ‘cultural and linguistic chaos’, despite their common usage

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# 1.   

Ha! This story made today's Daily Show, which, I shit you not, ended with a reference to the 草尼马. A few years too late, but nonetheless arriving at the party.

Eric Abrahamsen, December 3, 2014, 3:24p.m.

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And here's the actual document in Chinese.

Eric Abrahamsen, December 4, 2014, 7:37a.m.

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