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Old Cadres Go Viral With Lady Gaga Cover

Posted November 17th, 2011 at 10:37 pm (UTC+0)
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A video of the Hunan (湖南) provincial TV station’s Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) gala featured  a team of retired officials covering Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.” In China, singing and dancing groups formed by former government officials are the norm. However, this video, with the enthusiastic singers and currently shared on You Tube, has been viewed more […]

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