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Pun control: Will wordplay suppression stifle Chinese creativity?
Dec 2, 2014
Jenny Chan 陳詠欣

Pun control: Will wordplay suppression stifle Chinese creativity?

BEIJING - China's new anti-pun regulation, if strictly applied, may force copywriters to stay away from puns for TV advertising campaigns, but it is not likely to be the end of creativity as we know it.

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