Chinese Eco-Propaganda

Eager to show off their mad eco-industrial-skillz, the Chinese government awarded a photojournalist of Xinhua, the Chinese organ, a top photo award. The photographer, Liu Weiqing, says,

"I wanted to capture the harmony among the Tibetan antelope, the train, men and nature,"

In other words, propaganda.

"It's such a perfect propaganda photo," says David Bandurski a researcher at the University of Hong Kong China Media Project. "They don't tend to give journalism prizes to reports that rock the boat." (emphasis mine)

The problem is, the photo is a fraud.