April Fools' Day is un-Chinese, the country's official news agency said, according to agency France press.
It
"does not conform with our nation's cultural traditions, nor does it
conform with the core values of socialism," Xinhua news agency declared
on micro-blog platform Weibo.
Many users reacted with irony.
"The most amusing 'April Fools' news is that Xinhua is seriously saying 'don't believe rumors'," one comment said.
Even
The Global Times, a paper close to the ruling Communist Party, seemed
to suggest Xinhua needed to loosen up -- It did that on Twitter, which
is not available in China.
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