Local Chinese Government's Photoshop Is As Crappy As They Come

Look, if you’re going to be in the propaganda business, you need to remember one thing: Get Photoshop right! According to China News huc99 (via HugChina), the above photo supposedly features the vice huc99 mayor of Ningguo county and other officials “visiting” a 100-year-old woman—a very small one hundred year old woman, surrounded by a halo and giants. This isn’t the first Chinese bureaucratic Photoshop fail, and it probably won’t be the last! The photo appeared on the the Civil Affairs of Ningguo County’s official website, along with other visitation photos that certainly do appear to be real.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1454580688","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Since this pic was spotted, however, it (and the website, apparently) can no longer be accessed. While this might just seem like crappy Photoshop (it is!), some net users in China are angry about the pic, pointing to it as another example of government dishonesty. Maybe! But, I’ll point to it as another horrible Photoshop. 安徽宁国官员看望老人照片疑似PS 领导身体悬空(图) [ChinaNews via HugChina via huc99 com Beijing Cream] Another Massive Photoshop Fail in China [Foreign Policy] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.