Sometimes the drones at Beijing’s Central Propaganda Department are so good at self-parody that I almost wonder if it’s intentional, because even a master satirist couldn’t make up some of this stuff. But as having no sense of humour is their principal job requirement, Occam’s Razor says the best explanation for what they do is “fathomless stupidity.” And its fathomlessness would pose yet another philosophical puzzle beyond the capacities of Occam or Abelard to solve.
The “face” (multiple entendre intended, and not all above the waist) of Chinese journalism at the torch lighting ceremony in Athens was the Beijing born actress/object-of-worldwide-salacious-google-image-searches, Zhang Ziyi, one of whose most recent (and one might speculate, most appropriate) movie roles was as a prostitute.
The Communist Party rag, People’s Daily, writes:
Invited by the Greek Olympic Committee, the Beijing-born actress will attend the torch lighting ceremony for the Beijing Olympics in Athens… Zhang also will work as one of the journalists of the 2008 Games’ official website.
