Cadre clumsily pushes rubbish, and the internet shouts back, rubbish! Cadre control of Chengdu is farcical

And the internet has discovered a way to mock the Cadre with numerology: The number 8!


What they say
‘Since the earthquake ... central propaganda departments and central important media have urgently mobilised in accordance with the deployment orders of the party centre and state council.
‘The People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, China National Radio and CCTV quickly dispatched their crack troops and brilliant generals to report from the frontline of the disaster’ Xinhua news agency report on a meeting of top Communist party propaganda officials
‘Feeling deep love, Wen Jiabao goes to see the disaster-hit masses’ Headline to a story on the premier’s trip to the earthquake zone published on the front page of the People’s Daily newspaper.
‘The disaster-hit masses one after another told Wen Jiabao that the party and government’s concern for them meant they would certainly be able to overcome adversity ... ’From the same story
‘I'm tired of seeing that mournful face of Wen XX. Where are the disaster victims?’
‘wmyu’, poster to the Tianya discussion website

‘January 25: snowstorm equals natural disaster – 1+2+5=8
March 14: bald Tibetans equal manmade disaster – 3+1+4=8
May 12: earthquake equals seismic disaster – 5+1+2=8
8.8.08: the Olympics. Coincidence?’
Anonymous note circulated on the internet