Slip of the Press

How the SCMP screwed up so badly flummoxed the most seasoned pundits (except me because I just know everything).  But it certainly screwed up big time, like on the front page, like messing up with the president of the most powerful, most authoritarian country.  Chinese President Hu Jintao was inadvertently turned into Hu Jia, a dissident turned jailbird for subverting state authority or whatever crime the Chinese government says he committed.
Meanwhile the same publication charges its online content, I guess, for journalistic excellency.  If anything, I think the SCMP is morphing itself into The Onion, only less funny but it's a step in the right direction.  Or just trying to be subversive like Hu Jia.
To prevent blunder like this happening again, I offer SCMP two words:  Perry Lam.  As far as I know Lam has been obsessive compulsive in his Chinese to English translation.  I bet he can do English to Chinese just as good.

via duke of aberdeen's tweet  and ESWN