Web Users In China Fight Fakeness, Corruption
The Associated Press posted a story today about an ongoing war amidst China’s “fiercely vocal online community” and corrupt Communist Party officials who either disregard or profit from China’s CULTURE OF COUNTERFEITING. From the composition:
“One popular target is fakes: fake products, fake credentials, even last year’s highlight — a TV news story about supposedly fake buns filled with cardboard that was itself accusedof being faked.”
The last straw was a scandal by a fake picture of an extinct tiger that I reported back in November. Interestingly, the agressiveness of bloggers and others online seems to be emboldening the press. One newspaper published a photo from an official meeting to discuss the scandal that show some of the officials actually sleeping.
Original post by Mike
