Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 04.28.08 | 1:33 PM ET
Police in Guangdong are on the case, the BBC reports. Here’s the kicker: “Workers said they thought they were just making colourful flags and did not realise their meaning.”
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
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Tim Patterson 04.28.08 | 7:41 PM ET
Paging Peter Hessler, Mr. Hessler…
It’s hilarious, sad and unsurprising that the workers were clueless. It would be ironic too, but irony is not permitted in China.
MargoWolf 05.01.08 | 8:05 AM ET
The Tibetans knew the Chinese are not allowed to see their flag. Hope they got many made before they were found out, and at a good price!.