# Not an Onion Article: The People's Daily new headquarters.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 8, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826 "2013-05-08T18:05:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826/1 "2013-05-08T18:05:55Z")

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To be fair, this is only temporary [facade](http://blogs.artinfo.com/objectlessons/2013/05/06/chinese-censors-protect-unfortunate-phallic-architecture-from-mockery/).

Wanna bet in even the censors were joking & laughing about this around the water cooler?

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826/2 "2013-05-08T18:32:33Z")

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> [@user\_hostile](#):
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> To be fair, this is only temporary [facade](http://blogs.artinfo.com/objectlessons/2013/05/06/chinese-censors-protect-unfortunate-phallic-architecture-from-mockery/).
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> Wanna bet in even the censors were joking & laughing about this around the water cooler?

Does the water cooler spurt liquid out of a small hole at the tip? That would be a nice touch for the building.

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**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826/3 "2013-05-09T02:27:22Z")

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Well … the People’s Daily is the official organ of the Communist Party.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826/4 "2013-05-09T02:43:34Z")

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> [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#):
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> Well … the People’s Daily is the official organ of the Communist Party.

It’s written by party members.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826/5 "2013-05-09T03:05:13Z")

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That’s quite a building they’ve erected there.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826/6 "2013-05-09T03:10:54Z")

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It grows to twice the size when [Gong Li](http://greatest-people.com/data_images/gallery/gong-li/gong-li-04.jpg) visits. OTOH, it collapses completely when she leaves.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826/7 "2013-05-09T03:21:47Z")

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Is that a cactus?

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-an-onion-article-the-peoples-daily-new-headquarters/657826/8 "2013-05-09T03:29:05Z")

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No. It’s just happy to see you.