Chinese-style internet polling
This is a pretty "fair and balanced" poll question currently on the English webpage for Xinhua, China's state-owned news agency.
Go and vote now, express your opinion!
http://www.chinaview.cn/
The level of self-parody here is just unbelievable. This would be really, really hilarious, if it weren't an such an accurate representation of what the political discourse is really like in China. After all these years of "opening and reform," public opinion is still a matter that is more or less dictated by the government, and not in a subtle fashion.
But this poll is in English, so whose "opinions" are they even looking for? And why wasn't there an "all of the above" option?
Go and vote now, express your opinion!
http://www.chinaview.cn/
The level of self-parody here is just unbelievable. This would be really, really hilarious, if it weren't an such an accurate representation of what the political discourse is really like in China. After all these years of "opening and reform," public opinion is still a matter that is more or less dictated by the government, and not in a subtle fashion.
But this poll is in English, so whose "opinions" are they even looking for? And why wasn't there an "all of the above" option?