Blogger Silent On Massage Cream Incident

Western media is getting the silent treatment from Chinese blogger Wang Xiofeng, the creator of an apparent hoax and state media true-believer, because he doesn't believe his words will be reported accurately. Wang's "Massage Cream" (eww!) blog appeared with the message: "Because of unavoidable reasons known to all, this blog is now temporarily closed." Foreign news media seized the opportunity to report on March 8, that his blog joined the masses of blogs shut down by the Communist Chinese government. The next day, however, his blog was reopened with a wink and a "gotcha!" State-controlled English-language news source China Daily said the apparent shutdown was a prank designed to test Western media and demonstrate biased coverage. When Western media asked Wang if the shutdown was a hoax, says here.") Drag this to your Bookmarks. Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") Yahoo My Web