China-Dumps-Dollars Hoax Not So Funny
Sometimes a Twitter hoax reflects reality.
You have to love a hacker who can annoy China, America and Japan and prompt an existential debate about the state of the global economy -- all with just 140 characters.
Whoever got into CNN's Twitter and Facebook accounts today sure did make the most of the opportunity. Before they were hastily deleted, postings said that China had decided to dump all its U.S. Treasuries and declare the South China Sea a no-go zone. It would be easy to dismiss this as a random prank and revel in the twisted humor of it all. Timing is everything with comedy, and this stunt came a day after Beijing and Tokyo traded barbs about whether Sino-Japanese relations are starting to resemble those of the U.K. and Germany prior to World War I.
Whoever got into CNN's Twitter and Facebook accounts today sure did make the most of the opportunity. Before they were hastily deleted, postings said that China had decided to dump all its U.S. Treasuries and declare the South China Sea a no-go zone. It would be easy to dismiss this as a random prank and revel in the twisted humor of it all. Timing is everything with comedy, and this stunt came a day after Beijing and Tokyo traded barbs about whether Sino-Japanese relations are starting to resemble those of the U.K. and Germany prior to World War I.
