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In 2010, for ‘One Metre of Democracy’, 25 people were asked to vote in a secret ballot for whether performance artist He Yunchang should have a metre-long cut made down his left side, from just below his clavicle to his knee. By a margin of 12 to 10 (with three abstentions), the voters chose for Yunchang to undergo the cut, which he did.

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