People's Daily newspaper building in Beijing resembles giant penis.

[edbermac]

China's People's Daily newspaper mocked over its new, phallic headquarters

Unamused Chinese censors have been at work to stop people sniggering over the new Beijing headquarters of the People's Daily newspaper, which bears an unfortunate resemblance to part of the male anatomy.

Photos of the imposing tower, which is still under construction, had Internet users tittering away, especially given one of Beijing's other landmarks - the China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters, nicknamed "The Big Underpants".

Some comments about the new home for the Communist Party paper managed to sneak through. "Of course the national mouthpiece should be imposing," said one user of Sina Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter.

"It seems the People's Daily is going to rise up, there's hope for the Chinese dream," said another, referring to a political slogan that has been used in recent months to encourage national pride and rejuvenation.

But a search on Sina Weibo for "People's Daily" and "building" resulted in the message usually shown when keywords have been blocked: "In accordance with relevant laws, regulations and policies, search results cannot be displayed."



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10035073/Chinas-Peoples-Daily-newspaper-mocked-over-its-new-phallic-headquarters.html

Let the jokes begin...

[hollysmom]

1. reminds me of going to a woman's college in the 60's

and having the male officers of the college grant a contract to build a huge octagonal pink office building on campus, with 2 off white round auditoriums at the base. Lot's off off color jokes from guys on a near by campus. Really quite offensive. Stupid state contracts and nasty prankster architects. It was so damn obvious. Can't find a picture of the building or would have posted it.

[olddots]

2. Alot of us could do some vile jokes about this

It should be in a Mike Myers movie -------wow look its a huge .............

were they the ones that came up with the building that looked like the world trade center getting hit by a plane ?????

[In_The_Wind]

3. Communication at it's best.

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[Ptah]

4. Since 1889 - the Ypsilanti Water tower