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<h3>''hē chá'' 喝茶</h3>

[[File:Drinktea.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Uncle Policeman's tea party. (Source unknown)'']]Euphemism for police interrogation. Guests invited to "tea" are asked about their political activities and warned against further involvement. Those compelled to attend these tea sessions are said to be [[passive era|tea-drinked]].

Read about tea drinking experiences during the [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2010/05/a-student%E2%80%99s-experience-of-being-invited-to-%E2%80%9Cdrink-tea%E2%80%9D/ 2010 World Expo], the [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2010/02/student-blogger-a-brief-story-about-my-%E2%80%9Ctea%E2%80%9D-at-school-on-june-4th-of-last-year/ anniversary of Tiananmen], and the [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2011/03/drinking-tea-and-discussing-the-jasmine-revolution-a-twitter-report/ Jasmine Revolution]. See also [https://chinachange.org/2012/03/01/drinking-tea-with-the-state-security-police-who-is-being-questioned/ Yaxue Cao's 2012 selection of over 30 accounts of tea drinking sessions], from the now defunct Chinese-language website "Records of Drinking Tea" (''hē chá jì'' 喝茶记).

In July of 2014, author Murong Xuecun issued a [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/07/murong-xuecun-asks-arrested-way-home/ "statement of surrender"] to Chinese authorities as an expression of solidarity with [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/05/rights-lawyer-among-several-held-tiananmen-seminar/ friends who were detained for attending a weekend gathering] marking the 25th anniversary of June 4th, 1989. Several days later, the outspoken novelist was asked to tea by the local police in Beijing:

<blockquote>''Huoguangweiyu'' (@火光微语): @郭玉閃又日 Brother Murong Xuecun "surrendered" himself to the police. At 5 p.m. today he was summoned to the Zizhuyuan police station for questioning. He's still '''drinking tea''' with the police, and I'm waiting for him at a bar outside the station. (July 9, 2014)</blockquote>

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@郭玉閃又日 慕容雪村兄“投案”，今天下午五点半左右紫竹院派出所约谈。现在他还在派出所里面'''喝茶'''，我在派出所门口喝酒等他。[[https://freeweibo.com/weibo/3730182056059874 '''Chinese''']]</blockquote>

See also [[check the water meter]]. 

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