A Bad Week for ... , April 21, 2013
Professor Zhou Qi says his design for the People's Daily building in Beijing is intended to appear from above as the Chinese character for "people". From ground level, however, the 150-metre skyscraper looks like something else entirely.
The architect says his design for the People's Daily building in Beijing is intended to appear from above as the Chinese character for "people". From ground level, however, the 150-metre skyscraper looks like something else entirely. Internet users poked fun at the phallic design until censors spoiled the fun by blocking searches for the building on Weibo - but not before pictures were widely shared.
The Beijing-loyalist newspaper thought it had its scoop of the year with the news that President Xi Jinping had taken a taxi through downtown Beijing with a single security aide. However, faces at the paper were as red as its politics when Xinhua said that no such journey took place.