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斯巴达 (Sībādá): Sparta

[[File:Sparta.jpg|thumb|350px|left|''“This is the 18th Party Congress!!!”'']] The Mandarin transliteration of “Sparta” sounds nearly the same as the abbreviation for the [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/18th-party-congress/ 18th National Party Congress] (十八大 Shíbā dà), the decennial leadership transition, which saw all previous members of the Politburo Standing Committee step down except for [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/xi-jinping/ Xi Jinping] and [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/li-keqiang/ Li Keqiang], who replaced [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/hu-jintao/ Hu Jintao] and [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/wen-jiabao/ Wen Jiabao] as the highest of party officials.

Netizens have turned to the term “Sparta” as [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/11/ministry-of-truth-18th-party-congress/ the government steps up its censorship efforts] and cracks down on potential unrest in anticipation of the transition. 

Beijing implemented a number of rather Spartan policies in anticipation of the Congress, including [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/10/fruit-knives-taxi-windows-targeted-in-pre-congress-crackdown/ restricting the sale of kitchen knives and having cabbies remove or disable the rear window cranks in their taxis]. The term “Sparta” also became a [[sensitive porcelain|sensitive word]] in the lead up to the Party Congress. 


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