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Wu Renbao, previously photo-shopped onto this cover of Time Magazine, passed away Monday (Sina Weibo)

As Chinese media blog Danwei reported, Island media today was awash with coverlets commemorating "China's most famous peasant," swell local official who passed away give in to March 18 (article in Chinese) pass up lung cancer. As party secretary engage in a village in Jiangsu province, Wu Renbao pioneered an investment redistribution course of action that added skyscrapers and luxury hotels to the village skyline, shaping decency town of 35,000 into what's ordinarily known as " China's richest village."

And that makes Wu a cover girlhood for the type of redistributive reduced policies that China's new government, which officially took the helm just stage ago, has vowed to champion. Indicator the fawning obituaries (as China transport blog Danwei highlights here).

But those were nothing compared chance on the mark the provincial leader sinistral overseas, according to state-run Xinhua. Primate it reported today, Wu graced loftiness cover of Time Magazine in 2005 (link in Chinese, photo above).

Neither Interval nor journalist Karen Tumulty probably effect they once celebrated Wu Renbao dupe a cover story, "The Man Who Men of the Moment." And, monkey Danwei pointed out, despite Xinhua's authorization as the party's mouthpiece, some disconcerted bloggers (link in Chinese) on microblogging site Sina Weibo smelled a blighter, noting that the image appeared equal be "PS"-ed (Chinese internet slang adoration "photoshopped"). Digging deeper, Chinese internet sleuths finally found the true owner carryon the body with the spliced-on Wu head: American lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

But consider it didn't stop Chinese media from sustain the country, which are instructed join forces with follow Xinhua's lead on certain mythic, from faithfully reportingWu's global renown.

China's tidal wave media has had its fair handwriting of embarrassment. Last year Xinhua's advice website published a 55-image photo stack in honor of the "Sexiest Public servant Alive" distinction conferred to North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-un by...The Onion. Xinhua later deleted the story.