Authorities in southern China have stepped in after workers realized they were making 'Free Tibet' flags in their factory, reports the BBC. Initially the workers had no clue what kind of textile they were about to ship, when they saw similar flag on TV-broadcasts. They then checked the meaning on the internet
The factory owned said he also did not mean what the 'Free Tibet' flags stood for.
The authorities have now stepped up the inspection of cars heading to the Shenzen Special Economic Zone and onwards to Hong Kong.The Olympic torch is due to tour Hong Kong on Friday. It will then travel to a series of cities in mainland China before reaching Beijing for the start of the Olympic Games in August.
I'm not really surprised this is happening.
(h/t Isaac Mao at Twitter)
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Reminds me a bit of when some factory was manufacturing blue umbrellas with universal suffrage slogans for one of the pro-fulfill-the-Basic-Law marches here in Hong Kong.
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