{"id":636,"date":"2004-08-30T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2004-08-30T23:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2004\/08\/30\/xinhua-doctored-a-news-photo-of-chinese-leaders\/"},"modified":"2004-08-30T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2004-08-30T23:55:21","slug":"xinhua-doctored-a-news-photo-of-chinese-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2004\/08\/xinhua-doctored-a-news-photo-of-chinese-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Xinhua doctored a news photo of Chinese leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiatimes-chinese.com\/2004\/08\/0830rep2.htm\">Asia Times<\/a> (Chinese) have found out that a photo published by Xinhua two weeks ago showing a one-on-one handshake between a frail Deng Xiaoping (with daughter Deng Rong&#8217;s help) and Hu Jintao has been doctored. The original photo was published days later by Liaowangdongfang (also a Xinhua subsidiary) showing the same Hu-Deng handshake but with Jiang Zemin and other Chinese Communists Party leaders in the background, making Hu far less prominent in the picture.<\/p>\n<p>Curiously, the doctored photo was personally provided by Hu Jintao to Deng Rong for the current Hong Kong exhibit of Deng Xiaoping&#8217;s 100th Anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscc.gov\/hearings\/2001_02hearings\/bios\/yubio.htm\">Professor Yu Maochun<\/a> for sending this story to CDN and providing the context.<\/p>\n<p>See attached photos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalism.berkeley.edu\/projects\/chinadn\/en\/images\/08303.jpg\" height=\"541\" width=\"600\" alt=\"08303\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Asia Times (Chinese) have found out that a photo published by Xinhua two weeks ago showing a one-on-one handshake between a frail Deng Xiaoping (with daughter Deng Rong&#8217;s help) and Hu Jintao has been doctored. 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