WantChinaTimes
[Taiwan]
24 October 2013
Staff Reporter
China's official
Xinhua news agency has punished an editor for "spreading false
rumors" after he wrote on his personal blog that senior members of the
government's propaganda department have a penchant for drinking human breast
milk, reports qianlong.com, a news portal that happens to be hosted by the
propaganda department of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee.
Zhou Fang, the
editor, posted on his blog in mid-July that "leaders" inside the
propaganda department have taken to drinking human breast milk, a recent trend
among wealthy locals driven by myths about its health benefits. Some of the
more outlandish rumors have alleged the existence of "breastfeeding orgies"
attended by Communist Party members. [...]