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China's illegal yellow pressPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, May 23, 2005 3:50 PM
![]() It seems that crafty, illegal publishers in China are taking a few lessons from old Hearst. On the left is the front page of 'Military News', a newspaper without masthead, contact phone number or any kind of publication licence (required by Chinese law). The paper was purchased on the Beijing subway for two yuan, which is relatively expensive, as most of the city's daily newspapers cost only half a yuan. The newspaper consists of only two sheets of low quality newsprint, folded into eight pages, but is padded with color supplement pages from another (cheaper) newspaper to make it seem better value. The front page headline screams: TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE WAR ARMED FORCES. Most of the content of the paper is about war with Taiwan and the evil nature of supporters of Taiwan independence, which is of course always written enclosed in quote marks. After gettting the reader's testosterone levels up with some jingoism on the front page, the inside of the newspaper is mostly girlie photos. The two stories below ate headlined: STAY WITH ME A NIGHT AND I'LL LOVE YOU FOR LIFE and I SUDDENLY TOOK HER HUSBAND.
The back page returns to the Taiwan theme, with an article headlined LIEN AND CHEN VISIT MAINLAND, LI DENGHUI GETS INSOMNIA.
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