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Satire in US becomes news in China
Boston Globe ^ | June 7, 2002 | Henry Chu

Posted on 06/07/2002 3:27:52 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:07:51 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

BEIJING - An embarrassing gaffe by China's usually staid state-run media has left a popular newspaper here with onion on its face.

Readers of the Beijing Evening News, the capital's largest-circulation newspaper, learned this week that the US Congress had threatened to move out of Washington unless a fancy new Capitol was built.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: theonion
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To: nina0113
ping for a funny one.
21 posted on 06/07/2002 9:27:44 AM PDT by Steve0113
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I'll bet you they got it here. It was posted here only a couple of days ago.

It wouldn't surprise me if the Chicoms looked in on us, particularly after the 2000 election.

The format of articles here is pretty generic and I know that I sometimes don't scrutinize the source field that closely.

22 posted on 06/07/2002 9:53:39 AM PDT by CaptRon
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The tragic part is that the Chinese apparently seemed to think that our Senate would actually do something that foolish. It doesn't speak well for the reputation of our congresscritters.

Carolyn

23 posted on 06/07/2002 10:24:25 AM PDT by CDHart
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To: PJ-Comix
"What's the atmosphere like there at OJ's house?"

"It's very tenses..."

24 posted on 06/07/2002 3:01:55 PM PDT by zoyd
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