Chinese netizens highlight and expose the falsification of party media reports. (Web screenshot)
A report by the local party media in Zunyi that “the party branch lit a horse lamp to learn the history of the party” has been on the internet in China. According to the report, the horse lamps were lit because of a “temporary power outage,” but netizens found many flaws and criticized the Chinese Communist government for falsifying propaganda.
April 1 is April Fool’s Day in the West. On this day, a report from the official microblog of the Zunyi Municipal Party Committee’s Propaganda Department, Zunyi Release, sparked hot debate online. According to the report, a party branch in Gouba Village, Zunyi City, was studying party history when there was a sudden power outage, and all party members lit up horse lamps to continue the study.
The picture in the report shows more than ten people sitting around a conference table, each with a horse lamp in front of them.
However, netizens soon discovered a number of flaws in the picture, such as the curtains not fully closed to show that it was broad daylight, many reflective dots on the wall suspected to show that there was no power outage, “sudden power outage” when there are so many horse lamps, and so on.
Netizens have accused officials and the Party media of “faking in broad daylight”, “a bunch of ghosts afraid of the sun”, “disgusting” and so on.
Previously, the Chinese Communist Party had high-profile publicity about the relationship between an “important meeting” in Gouba Village in 1935 and the horse lanterns. This time, Gouba village officials “lit horse lanterns to learn the history of the Party”, obviously with the intention of “show of loyalty”.
On the mainland Internet, some self-publishers have written articles criticizing the “formalism” to imply that the CCP is faking propaganda.
Some mentioned the luxurious home furnishings and high-end Maotai and oolong tea of two “difficult families” in Qingdao and Dongguan, as well as the 100 luxury cars and 69 properties of Li Tong, the “electric tiger” in Harbin, as reported by the Party media, accusing the authorities of “mass line” propaganda. The propaganda of the “mass line” is “completely different from the practice”.
Chinese netizens have taken stock of previous Party media reports that have been mocked up with pictures. (Web screenshot)
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