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I guess this could be considered politics, but I really just thought it was funny more than anything else, so here it is. Mods, please move if you think it should be over there.
Anyhoo, this almost looks like it's something from The Onion, but it's not:
Anyhoo, this almost looks like it's something from The Onion, but it's not:
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 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.
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.
i love the onion. 
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