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chaplainM

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3. Taken seriously in China

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 02:05 PM

Feb 2012

At the time this was first published, China's Beijing Evening News took it as face value, then, when it finally corrected the story, explained that "Some small American newspapers frequently fabricate offbeat news to trick people into noticing them with the aim of making money."

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Taken seriously in China chaplainM Feb 2012 #3

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