<story><title>Chinese state media discourages April Fools&apos; Day</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/01/no-joke-april-fools-day-has-been-banned-in-china/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>billhendricksjr</author><text>This itself, is an April Fools joke I hope. How meta ;-)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>icebraining</author><text>Doesn&amp;#x27;t seem so, unless it&amp;#x27;s by the Chinese news agency itself: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;weibo.com&amp;#x2F;1699432410&amp;#x2F;DoUipcOni?from=page_1002061699432410_profile&amp;amp;wvr=6&amp;amp;mod=weibotime&amp;amp;type=comment#_rnd1459509065149&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;weibo.com&amp;#x2F;1699432410&amp;#x2F;DoUipcOni?from=page_100206169943...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google Translate gives me: &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;Today is the West so-called &amp;quot;April Fool.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Fool&amp;#x27;s Day&amp;quot; is not in line with our cultural tradition, does not meet the socialist core values, I hope we do not believe rumors, do not spread rumors, do not pass rumors&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;And the account seems to be &amp;quot;verified&amp;quot; by Weibo.</text></comment>
<story><title>Chinese state media discourages April Fools&apos; Day</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/01/no-joke-april-fools-day-has-been-banned-in-china/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>billhendricksjr</author><text>This itself, is an April Fools joke I hope. How meta ;-)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zelos</author><text>Isn&amp;#x27;t saying &amp;quot;No joke&amp;quot; in the headline kind of cheating, though?</text></comment>