So the Spring Festival break refreshed the staff, and now we have returned to work full of new ideas. Except the foreign staff seem to have been frozen out of the editorial meetings. Although conducting the meetings in Chinese is obviously easier for our editors, excluding us entirely (without actually stating that this has been done) is a laughable illustration of our colleagues' lack of communication skills. It seems we are not even worthy of being debriefed after the meeting, but must somehow guess what topics we are addressing this week.
Meanwhile, an article about St Patrick's Day has confused the censors. An independent country so close to Britain, i.e. Ireland, appears just too dangerous a notion to allow readers to become aware of it. I mean, they might start asking how and why Ireland became independent, and subsequently draw a parallel with Taiwan. So Ireland is in "northern Europe" and references to its national colour being green have been removed from the article...
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Wow. Funny parallel with Ireland. Do you know if China consequently is careful about mentioning Ireland and its history?
China rarely has cause to refer to Ireland, so it is hard to judge what line it would take on Irish political history. The front page of China Daily yesterday was heavy on Taiwan,saying the secessionist activities of a few individuals was the biggest threat to peace in the Straits. This article was juxtaposed with one announcing an 18% increase in the defence budget - coincidence?
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