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I have seen this in my Twitter stream today, and I can't really believe it - does the PRC state media really try to re-brand the photos as a "celebration"?? ht

I have seen this in my Twitter stream today, and I can't really believe it - does the PRC state media really try to re-brand the photos as a "celebration"?? https://twitter.com/libdave/status/516281577001590785 https://twitter.com/libdave/status/516281577001590785 Then again, I think that's pretty much what they did with pictures from the Taipei student protests earlier this year... (Edit: Whoops, duplicate of a sibling post :) )

spacehunt 12y ago
Source: http://www.chinanews.com/shipin/cnstv/2014/09-26/news500277.shtml http://www.chinanews.com/shipin/cnstv/2014/09-26/news500277.... They actually got some "celebrators" standing in front of the protesters claiming everybody is having a party.
- yskchu 12y ago
  Don't spread the FUD that others are creating. This is a picture of a separate celebration event from the 26th (Friday). It's part of the celebration events leading up to 1st Oct.
  - spacehunt 12y ago
    The students were already boycotting classes and attending the protests around the CGO on Friday.