The night of November 6 last year was one to remember for young people across China. In Wuhan, thousands thronged the streets to celebrate, chanting “EDG!” “Niubi!”, employing a somewhat coarse Chinese phrase. At one music conservatory, students belted out the operatic aria Nessun Dorma above the din of a marching band.  A sudden burst of excitement about the Communist Party’s forthcoming 6th Plenum in Beijing? Or had China’s normally terrible national men’s soccer team won