Chinese police have detained an artist for creating an image of Communist leader Xi Jinping with a crinkled face and a moustache, according to a human rights group. Shanghai police held artist and photographer Dai Jianyong, who posted the image online, on Wednesday for ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’, said Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a coalition of Chinese and international rights groups. The photo of Xi, which was re-posted on the organisation’s website, showed the Chinese President and Communist Party chief with a moustache that some have compared to that of the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler. The crinkled facial expression, which Dai himself uses in photographs, has been likened to an anus. Dai also posted online the image of Xi on a t-shirt, but it was unclear if Dai ever sold or distributed products with the photo. Shanghai police could not be reached for comment on Friday. Dai is being held under ‘administrative
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