"Neither Mao Zedong or Deng Xiaopeng could have seen the explosion in China'a sex toy industry."
You also get to see awkward Chinese guys discovering what a dildo is.
Notes from the Motherland
"Neither Mao Zedong or Deng Xiaopeng could have seen the explosion in China'a sex toy industry."
On the twentieth anniversary of June 4th, the mainland media are under tremendous pressure from the Publicity Department to screen for any related content to a hitherto unimaginable extent.
According to information, some newspapers have demanded their reporters to use the numbers 6 and 4 in their reports. Even if they need to cited, they cannot appear simultaneously within the article. In any case, they definitely cannot be used in the headlines in case the Publicity Department misunderstands.
Last year, there were two instances of June 4th-related incidents. In the first case, Beijing News published some photos of the work of former Associated Press photographer Liu Heungsing which included a photo of injured persons being taken to the hospital on June 4th. The other case is when Southern Metropolis Daily reported on unusual weather in Guangdong province with the headline of "4 storms in June."
In both cases, the principals insisted that it was carelessness. This caused the Publicity Department some headaches because there was no proof that someone was deliberately challenging the central government on its stance.
In order to avoid any embarrassing repeats, certain media have decided to go for the overkill in demanding that reporters and editors avoid the use '6' or '4' during this sensitive period.
According to information, the Internet censorship has clearly intensified. In the past, netizens can discuss the June 4th incident by butting certain meaning words or symbols between June and 4th to deceive the filtering software. This method is no longer effective, because even the single mention of either 6 or 4 is enough to arouse scrutiny. Therefore, the media may not be over-reacting by being allergic to the two numbers.
Many veteran reporters have even decided to go on vacation. Even if they have an explosive news story on hand, they would rather wait until after June 4th in case the authorities misunderstand that they were trying to cause trouble.-From Ming Pao, translated by ESWN
...his company does no engineering or design work whatsoever. Instead, they tell an outside engineering consultant which existing model they want to copy, and ask them to come up with a product counterfeited in a way that it won’t attract intellectual property lawsuits. In some cases that means companies combining styling ideas from two separate cars into one.