January 17, 2005

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Xinhua is proud to announce former CCP leader Zhao Ziyang is in perfect health and will live forever. "After reports surfaced that Mr. Zhao was 'clinging to life' and 'in a coma', we had to do something. With our world-leading embalming and preservation technologies, it was simple to put the two together and declare Zhao Ziyang China's newest "Eternal Citizen"." Zhao is resting comfortably at his new Government villa in the Gobi desert.

Update: Umm, the plan didn't quite work out.

posted by Simon on 01.17.05 at 05:29 AM in the




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The CCP must have discovered the magic elixir that the First Emperor desperately searched for but never found.

posted by: Fabian on 01.17.05 at 07:05 AM [permalink]

Heh, I find perverse humor in the last word on the release here:

Comrade Zhao had long suffered from multiple diseases affecting his respiratory and cardiovascular systems, and had been hospitalized for medical treatment for several times. His conditions worsened recently, and he passed away Monday after failing to respond to all emergency treatment. Enditem

posted by: mdmhvonpa on 01.18.05 at 01:42 AM [permalink]




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