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The creator of the Great Firewall of China was reportedly pelted with shoes and eggs during a visit to Wuhan University last week. Fang Binxing was hit by one of the Nike trainers flung by an anonymous protestor*, whose actions have been met with a groundswell of online support, The Guardian reports. Staff in the office of …

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  1. NoneSuch Silver badge
    Happy

    Let he who is without access to a FaceBook account...

    ...cast the first shoe.

  2. Thomas 18
    Happy

    al-Zaidi: 3 year sentence, 9 months served

    On a happy(ish) note, although he was tortured and sentenced to 3 years he was released after only 9 months for "good behaviour".

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6834977.ece

  3. Annihilator
    Coat

    Random Task

    "That really hurt! I'm going to have a lump there you idiot. Who throws a show? Honestly! You fight like a woman." Austin Powers, 1997

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Black Helicopters

    This is China....

    ....so the thrower will be lucky if they are ever seen again.

    Luckily for him/her they dont tend to execute the whole family, out to 2nd cousins, for such an attack any longer.

    (Been reading "Wild Swans", a real eye opener! ).

    Got to go, there is a cloud of Chinese built R/C choppers approaching!!!

  5. Alan Esworthy

    Shoe condition?

    Is it too much to hope that before the protester removed and threw the shoe he had stepped in, shall we say, used dog food?

  6. Dick Emery
    Joke

    Shoe on head

    Sorry had to be said.

  7. J 3
    Joke

    Hm...

    This should be in "Bootnotes". For obvious reasons.

  8. Muckminded
    Joke

    Other possible headlines

    One Step Closer to Democracy

    Which Came First, the Nikes or the Eggs?

    Just Shoe It

    Shanghai Surprised

    Also Comes with Choice of Rice or Noodles

    Crouching Liar Hit By No One

  9. LaeMing
    Thumb Up

    Happy to note:

    It appears shoe throwing is now part of the global culture.

  10. Andy 4
    Joke

    Hmm

    Feng 'Shoei' at work

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Coat

    I think the protestor's message was clear

    Shoo oh pesky firewall admin!

  12. Anonymous Coward
    FAIL

    It's a bad day when you realise...

    that you're slower to react than George W. Bush. His projectile dodging skills were surprisingly adept

  13. amanfromearth

    China .. Nike Trainers

    Bet it wasn't a genuine Nike

  14. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Nike

    Must have been a worker from the Nike factory next door. Or maybe not, 8 years old kids wouldn't know what to protest about. Heck, they can barely stitch a Nike trainer in 18 seconds (22 without the whip).

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