Oops! Chinese factory unintentionally made 'Free Tibet' flags

Mon, 04/28/2008 - 11:04am

INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images

Ah, globalization at work: Workers at a factory in China's southern Guangdong province were making "Free Tibet" flags, naively unaware of what the colorful flags -- banned in China -- represented.

The owner of the factory said the orders for the flags had been placed from overseas.

 
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Censorship, market, democracy

by antaldaniel on Mon, 04/28/2008 - 12:32pm

It looks that global market demand is stronger than the pro-democracy movement. In my country the historical flags used in the far-right demonstration multiplied when the Chinese appeared with a low cost supply. Anyway, the censorship is just running after the market.

Dániel Antal, Budapest, Hungary.