April Fool’s Day Doesn’t conform with China’s Belief System
“Today is the so-called ‘April Fool’s Day’ in the West,” reads Xinhua’s post on Weibo, a Chinese social media network. “‘April Fool’s Day’ is not in line with our country’s cultural traditions, not in line with our socialist core values.”
The agency also added that it hopes people don’t start or believe in rumors. It ended its post with a smiley face emoji and a cartoon.
In the cartoon, a finger points at two frightened-looking mobile phones with text bubbles that say “resending” and “rumors.” A third text bubble from the pointing finger says “illegal.”
