China Discovers It's Making "Free Tibet" Flags

The public relation foibles of the Chinese government grow deeper every week. After months of trying to suppress Tibetan monks and protestors before the world casts all eyes its way for the Olympics, the BBC reports that China is producing the very material it suppresses: "Free Tibet" flags.

The factory in Guangdong had been completing overseas orders for the flag of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

Workers said they thought they were just making colourful flags and did not realise their meaning.

But then some of them saw TV images of protesters holding the emblem and they alerted the authorities, according to Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper.

Comments

[adaniel]

If pro-democracy movement cannot break up the censorship world market demand will. Communism failed in all other countries in the same way. The Chinese are big on flags, anyway, there are multiple time more of them on the Hungarian far-right rallies since they started the manufacture cheap European medieval makes, too.

[wonderingstar]

What's even more ironic and incredible is China now has the largest Bible printing company in the world, printing one million Bibles a month.

See this 2007 article from the (London) Times, "The book they used to burn now fires new revolution of faith in China"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3019026.ece

"A country where the Communist ideology has lost much credibility is seeing an upsurge in conversions to Christianity.... “Rising wealth means that more and more people have been able to meet their material needs, the need for food and clothing....Then they are finding that they need to satisfy their spiritual needs, to look for happiness for the soul. In addition, they are seeing a breakdown in the moral order as money takes over. Thus, more and more people are turning to Christianity.”

And this one: "Made-in-China Bibles for the 2008 Olympics"
http://www.anglican.ca/partnerships/PIM/APME/biblesinchina.htm

"Bishop Ting, quoting Corinthians I 13:8 “Love never ends,” proclaimed that the bible printing ministry provides a way to spread the gospel and the love of Jesus. It opens a door for the exchange between Christians at home and abroad."

Very interesting indeed.

[DeathandTaxes]

HA!

[elisunday]

Too fucking precious!

[sparkey]

Hey, business is business. The Chinese hate us, yet they make American flags. Anything for a euro.

[popecorvo]

The Chinese hate you, Sparky? And you know this how?

[HatingTheGame]

This is great. China is having a Homer Simpson moment...

Doh!

Now they'll have to execute everyone from the politbureau to the factory owners. We not amused -- off wit la head!

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[TheShadow]

ROFLMAO!

Greedy, M.F.'s.

[WIpatriot]

See? TV is good!

[Blutus]

Fairly chunky karma.

[drkazmd65]

You can't make sh*t like this up folks,... You gotta love the irony.

[wm1066]

Now thats funny!
Serves them right. Maybe a group of government sponsored protesters will shut thier own plant down.
Film at eleven.