BEIJING – A TV reporter’s theatrical eye-roll during another journalist’squestion at a news conference stole the show this week during China’sannual parliament session, exploding on Chinese social media before censorsintervened.

The incident unfolded on live television during a media session on thesidelines of the National People’s Congress (NPC), where high-levelofficials field often pre-approved questions, mostly from domestic media.

Liang Xiangyi, a TV reporter from financial news outlet Yicai, seemed tofind a fellow journalist’s long-winded question on China’s state assetmanagement too much to bear.

Liang, standing next to the questioner, Zhang Huijun, rolled her eyes,looked Zhang up and down then turned away with another dismissive raisingof the eyes.

Zhang works for American Multimedia Television USA, a Los Angeles-basedorganization which, according to its website, previously had ties toChinese state broadcaster CCTV. – Agencies