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Li Na the GreatPosted by Joel Martinsen on Friday, January 28, 2011 at 6:28 PM
Li Na has advanced to the finals of the Australia Open and will become the first Chinese player to appear in a Grand Slam final. The Daily Sunshine demonstrates that it is able to find inspiration from even the most tired of online memes with the headline "'Geili Na' Makes History." Geili (给力, rendered into English as "gelivable") originated as a netspeak term used to describe something impressive or powerful, but it has been run into the ground by the mainstream media in recent months. The paper's top headline was also featured in many of today's newspapers and announces that property taxes will soon launch in Shanghai and Chongqing as part of an effort to curb runaway housing prices. Links and Sources
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Here is what the Chinese spectators in Melbourne shouted at Li Na during the second set of her Australian Open final match against "Aussie Kim" Clijsters: “干掉她”,“打败她”("Finish her off", "Beat her")... followed by “冷静下来”("Calm down")... after Li Na vented her agitation toward the British chair umpire with her now infamous plea "Can you tell the Chinese dont teach me how to play tennis?"
Yes, in case you were wondering, that is indeed the same "冷静" which China's Foreign Ministry repeatedly utters whenever "Pyongyang Kim" provokes South Korea by sinking a naval vessel or shelling a small island.