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Wed 11 Nov 2008Chinese have an Axl to grind over 'venomous' Guns N' Roses album
GIVEN THE title, it was hardly surprising that it would cause controversy but few had thought rockers Guns N' Roses's latest, long-awaited album Chinese Democracy would cause such a stir in China, where it has been described as "venomous".
The album "turns its spear point on China" ran an irate article in the Global Times, published by the ruling communist party, while some webizens described the record as part of a plot by some in the West to "grasp and control the world using democracy as a pawn".
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