April 09, 2008

Chinese bizarro world

Beijing has released a statement on the Olympic Torch relay which is a sack of lies.

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Posted by ryan at April 9, 2008 05:44 PM | TrackBack
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Wow. Do you think that the people of China are fooled by this? I can't even fathom a culture where people believe everything that their government spoon feeds them.

Posted by: Lisa at April 9, 2008 06:44 PM

As they aren't receiving any information to the contrary...

Posted by: ryan at April 10, 2008 09:20 AM

James Fallow's reporting on this subject (the Chinese media, information control, etc.) is really fascinating. Here's a place to start:

http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/i_keep_being_resurprised.php#more

Posted by: rob at April 10, 2008 04:53 PM
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