This Week in Bans: Miniskirts Outlawed in Indonesian Cities

Welcome back to our weekly look at what's been outlawed in cities across the world (last week's edition here):

• When Bo Xilai took the position in 2007 of Communist Party chief of Chongqing, a municipality of 30 million people in southwest China, he made the streets resound with glorious music. Bo was not only top dog of the city but the Supreme Conductor, whose love for patriotic "red songs" approached the insane enthusiasm Glee actors show for Broadway ditties. All citizens were required to regularly gather in epically scaled productions where they'd sing classic party songs like “The Sun Is Most Red, Chairman Mao Is Most Dear." He even blocked off time on a local TV channel for a daily program called "The Everyday Red Song Singing," according to the Washington Times, which featured the X Factorlike talent of China belting out Communist anthems. With Bo Xilai's firing last week in the midst of a corruption scandal, Chongqing is losing much of its tunefulness. The TV show will be on weekends only and "campaign-style mass singing" is now banned. There's no doubt one song on Bo's mind right now, and it goes a little something like this....