China’s Communist Party’s official newspaper, the People’s Daily, posted a filthy New Year’s puzzle on Facebook and Twitter.
“Masturbate”, “sucker” and “testicle” were the milder obscenities in the puzzle. Oh, and Bieber.
The posts were removed later that day. Theories behind the foul play range from a disgruntled employee, mistake, hackers to “keeping it real“.
One Reddit user has this message :
Twitter reactions to the puzzle seem more amused than outraged:
@PDChina Damn,all words I can see are too dirty,my 2017 got ruined,PAY IT BACK!?
— Jr. Wang (@Jr_Wang) January 1, 2017
@PDChina [email protected]#er sin & turd
— John Smith (@Ban_asslam) January 2, 2017
@PDChina "Bitch, Oil, Motherfu**er" wtf?! ?
— 大坏蛋 克里斯蒂安 (@bolz_christian) January 2, 2017
@PDChina motherfu@#er sin & turd
— John Smith (@Ban_asslam) January 2, 2017
@PDChina lol. Chinese and American humor are compatible. ?
— recentering circle (@ladykayaker) January 1, 2017
Anything to with China Twitter boss leaving after seven months?
H/T: BBC News
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