Chinese Censors Are Giving North Korea a P.R. Makeover
Calling Kim Jong-un Nasty Names Used to be All the Rage, Now They’re Getting Deleted
on October 13, 2015
On October 10, Liu Yunshan, a member of the elite Politburo Standing Committee and one of the seven most powerful men in China, paid a visit to North Korea to observe a massive parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Worker’s Party, which rules that country with an iron fist. On a balcony overlooking tens of thousands of goose-stepping soldiers and other displays of state might, Liu clasped hands with Kim Jong-un, who ascended to power less than four years ago following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il...
