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Xinhua publishes astrology pornPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, April 23, 2005 12:57 PM
![]() Superstitious beliefs and practices, "spritual pollution" and porn were once targets of the Communist Party's humorless thought police. How things have changed: the photo on the left is from a gallery of astrological body paintings published on state-owned news agency Xinhua's website. Xinhua has also published a photo gallery of images, ripped from FHM and other magazines, called Curvy Kelly beats Jolie to be "world's sexiest". |
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