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KEY POINTS The journalist described the cicadas as "self-proclaimed smart" creatures He had to take it down soon after many questioned "what he meant" His employer said he was "criticized" for the poem A Chinese journalist had to pull down his poem on "cicadas" from social media after his employer felt the lines "fat heads and big ears" could be a slur against President Xi Jinping. Xuan Kejiong, a reporter who works for the Shanghai Media Group, shared his work on Chinese social media Weibo on July 16 with his 1.6 million followers. In less than 30 minutes, Xuan's poem...
