Chinese Adopt Bollywood Disco Song as Protest Anthem

Covid crackdown inspires new euphemisms to express dissent

Nov 08, 2022

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By: Neeta Lal

Millions of Chinese are using the superhit Bollywood number -- “Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, aa ja, aa ja” -- from the 1982 film `Disco Dancer’ as a protest anthem to rebel against the draconian restrictions imposed by the Xi Jinping government to control the Covid-19 outbreak in the country.

Hordes of locked-down Chinese nationals have uploaded the…

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