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That frigging article looks like its full of April fools day acts, like this one: "That China’s propaganda apparatus has a problem with satire has long been ev

That frigging article looks like its full of April fools day acts, like this one: "That China’s propaganda apparatus has a problem with satire has long been evident. In 2012, The People’s Daily fell for a satirical report in The Onion voting North Korea leader Kim Jong-un the sexiest man alive. The Communist Party newspaper ran a 55-page photo spread in tribute to Kim, quoting the Onion as celebrating his devastatingly handsome looks, round face, boyish charm and strong, sturdy frame — not realizing it was satire. " I really hope none of this is real. LIES all LIES?!?! :D

madaxe_again 11y ago
No, that actually happened. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20518929 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20518929
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- ttflee 11y ago
  BBC mistook Dr Kai-Fu Lee (Li Kaifu in the page) for a freelance journalist, though he is/was quite outspoken at times. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Ft.qq.com%2Fp%2Ft%2F141319131914936&edit-text= https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&pr...
xjpis250 11y ago
In China, under the control of the Communist Party(NAZI), every day is April fools day. 中国人每天都过愚人节
pimlottc 11y ago
I've very disappointed in the Internet at not being able to find scans of that 55-page photo spread.
- temp345 11y ago
  > the Internet at not being able to find scans of that 55-page photo spread. Because the scans of the paper don't exist, it wasn't in the printed media, it's a 55-photos slideshow in an online English news site, and it was with the quotations from the Onion without any commentary: http://www.commentary.com/region/asia_china-daily-screenshot_20121128b.jpg http://www.commentary.com/region/asia_china-daily-screenshot... Somebody had fun selecting 55 photos for the slideshow.
  - joantune 11y ago
    Now I MUST have the other 54 photos :D Isn't there an archive.org or something for that? what's the original link?
    - ZoF 11y ago
      http://web.archive.org/web/20121127154724/http://english.people.com.cn/90777/8035568.html http://web.archive.org/web/20121127154724/http://english.peo...
      - ZoF 11y ago
        FYI, this is the only active archive.org entry that is valid for this url. Curiously it looks like they switched(redirected) to en.people.cn from english.people.com.cn just days after this article was originally released. Not sure if this is an issue with archive.org and 301 redirects or if this actually occurred on this date. Interesting either way. I could not find instances of any of the other pages correctly archived, sorry m8. I case anyone is interested and doesn't want to transcribe from a screenshot, this was the original url of the article: http://english.people.com.cn/90777/8035568.html http://english.people.com.cn/90777/8035568.html
muddyrivers 11y ago
I haven't heard of anything like what is mentioned in this article from my friends/classmates in China. Usually news like this will show up in my WeChat groups in no time. I am NOT trying to prove or disprove the credibility of the article.
- muddyrivers 11y ago
  Also, as you can see from the article, it is common to make fun of the government and criticize its policies in the Internet in China. That part is true.

madaxe_again 11y ago

No, that actually happened. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20518929 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20518929

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ttflee 11y ago
BBC mistook Dr Kai-Fu Lee (Li Kaifu in the page) for a freelance journalist, though he is/was quite outspoken at times. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Ft.qq.com%2Fp%2Ft%2F141319131914936&edit-text= https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&pr...

xjpis250 11y ago

In China, under the control of the Communist Party(NAZI), every day is April fools day. 中国人每天都过愚人节

pimlottc 11y ago

I've very disappointed in the Internet at not being able to find scans of that 55-page photo spread.

temp345 11y ago
> the Internet at not being able to find scans of that 55-page photo spread. Because the scans of the paper don't exist, it wasn't in the printed media, it's a 55-photos slideshow in an online English news site, and it was with the quotations from the Onion without any commentary: http://www.commentary.com/region/asia_china-daily-screenshot_20121128b.jpg http://www.commentary.com/region/asia_china-daily-screenshot... Somebody had fun selecting 55 photos for the slideshow.
- joantune 11y ago
  Now I MUST have the other 54 photos :D Isn't there an archive.org or something for that? what's the original link?
  - ZoF 11y ago
    http://web.archive.org/web/20121127154724/http://english.people.com.cn/90777/8035568.html http://web.archive.org/web/20121127154724/http://english.peo...
    - ZoF 11y ago
      FYI, this is the only active archive.org entry that is valid for this url. Curiously it looks like they switched(redirected) to en.people.cn from english.people.com.cn just days after this article was originally released. Not sure if this is an issue with archive.org and 301 redirects or if this actually occurred on this date. Interesting either way. I could not find instances of any of the other pages correctly archived, sorry m8. I case anyone is interested and doesn't want to transcribe from a screenshot, this was the original url of the article: http://english.people.com.cn/90777/8035568.html http://english.people.com.cn/90777/8035568.html

muddyrivers 11y ago

I haven't heard of anything like what is mentioned in this article from my friends/classmates in China. Usually news like this will show up in my WeChat groups in no time. I am NOT trying to prove or disprove the credibility of the article.

muddyrivers 11y ago
Also, as you can see from the article, it is common to make fun of the government and criticize its policies in the Internet in China. That part is true.