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China: If The Onion isn't funny, what is?

HONG KONG — Just because the editors of a Communist Party mouthpiece don't know a joke when they see one doesn't mean that satire is dead in China. After People’s Daily published its gloriously earnest slideshow of Kim Jong Un in honor of his selection as the Sexiest Man Alive by The Onion, Americans could be forgiven for wondering if China is lacking a certain sensitivity to sarcasm. If The Onion isn't seen as funny, what is?  
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