The Onion

Syrian group hits The Onion's Twitter feed

8 May 2013

The Twitter feed of satirical US news website The Onion was hacked by a Syrian group aiming to inject its own sardonic spin on the deadly conflict.

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Another Chinese news outlet falls victim to satire, fooled on fake Krugman report

11 Mar 2013

A sardonic piece taking a snub at America’s high-priest of Keynesianism was published by satirical news website The Daily Currant last week.

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People's Daily left red-faced after running 'Kim Sexiest Man Alive' spoof

29 Nov 2012

The Communist Party's People's Daily tried to wipe egg off its face yesterday after its English website amused the world with a 55-page photo spread of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un being named...

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N Korea joke slips over China's Great Firewall

28 Nov 2012

How did a spoof article about North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un being the sexiest man alive end up as a real news item in China? Turns out it was a case of Chinese whispers in the digital age.

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Briefs, November 28, 2012

28 Nov 2012

Executive Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said China and the US have "big" potential for co-operation and should break "unreasonable" business barriers.

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China’s party paper falls for Onion joke about Kim

27 Nov 2012

The online version of China’s Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the “Sexiest Man Alive” — not realising it is satire.

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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China’s party paper falls for 'Sexiest Man Alive' joke about Kim Jong-un

The online version of China’s Communist Party newspaper has treated seriously a satirical report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un as the “Sexiest Man

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