India Today magazine cover goes viral in China, triggers Photoshop battle

[thesolar65]

The cover of the July 31 issue of the India Today magazine has gone viral in China. The cover that has a map of China in the shape of a large chicken also has a smaller Pakistan by its side, again in the shape of a chick, in green.

IndiaToday.in | Written by Vivek Surendran
New Delhi, July 28, 2017 | UPDATED 14:30 IST
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India Today magazine cover that has gone viral in China
The covers of the India Today magazine have always been iconic, ingenious and often controversial.

The cover of the July 31 issue of the India Today magazine has gone viral on Chinese social media platform Wiebo, the country's substitute for Twitter, and the Chinese are not pleased with the cover.

The latest issue of the India Today magazine has the map of China, in red, in the shape of a big chicken and a smaller chick -- Pakistan, in green -- by its side, along with captions that read "China's new chick" and "How China is buying out Pakistan with massive new investments and why India needs to worry", below it.

India Today magazine July 20 issue cover that has gone viral in China
The Chinese are fuming seeing the cover. Their main contention is that the map on the cover doesn't show Tibet and Taiwan as its part. In retaliation, there are op-eds, sharply criticising the magazine and India as a whole, being written on Chinese newspapers, and Chinese social media users Photoshopping their answers on to India Today magazine covers.

All this while there is a tense standoff between the Indian and Chinese troops at Doklam.

Meanwhile, the India Today magazine cover on China and Pakistan's growing friendship has been selected as the 'The Cover of the Day' by The Society of Publication Designers (SPD), New York. Ashish Bagga, Group CEO, India Today Group, said, "Getting featured in SPD, New York, reflects on India Today's commitment to set international standards in journalism. Powerful take on pertinent issues is the hallmark of impactful reportage and insights. For India Today, we are happy that we have serviced the Thinking Indian well."

An article on China's Global Times said, "Such hysterical geopolitical imagination is nothing new. What is new, however, is the erroneous exclusion of Tibet and Taiwan from Chinese territory."

It also said, "China and India are currently locked in a border standoff. Some Indian elites understandably hate China and want to carve away Tibet and Taiwan. But they know this is an impossibility, so they are reduced to drawing an illustration. It is more ludicrous when the magazine proudly proclaimed that the cover was selected as the "The Cover of the Day" by the Society of Publication Designers, New York."

A report in the South China Morning Post read, "But Chinese netizens griped over the exclusion of Taiwan and Tibet from China's map. The Chinese government claims sovereignty over both places, considering Taiwan a renegade province and Tibet an autonomous region, but there are long-standing political tensions over the government's control of these areas."

The Taiwan News, a Taiwanese news outlet, however, welcomed India Today's cover. A report said, "In a bizarre reversal of fortune, instead of the usual erroneous inclusion of Taiwan in a map of China, the cover of the latest issue of the magazine India Today, not only excludes Taiwan from Chinese territory, but it also carved away Tibet from its posterior, while a tiny green chick in the shape of Pakistan stands behind it."

The outlet also included comments of Taiwanese netizens, who were glad to see the new map. Sample these:

"This is the correct version of the map."

"India has finally done a positive thing that the world can look up to."

"China really gets worked up if there's no Taiwan."

"Come and eat Indian curry today."

"That's a good cover, why not buy one?"

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...china-chick-viral-global-times/1/1013152.html

 

[Kinetic]

Thats the only chick China got. While they are in war with atleast 10 others including Japan, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philipines, Bhutan, US and many others.

 

[shahbaz baig]

let them make a fun they have nothing to do expect making a fun. they should have right to smile atleast

tell them that Sri Lanka is China's Egg

25-July-2017
Sri Lanka sell 80% stake in the hambantota port to the China

 

[oprih]

Poor hindus going crazy about Tibet being part of China. The fact that China is 3x larger than india make the hindus go extremely mad and jealous. Just move on and accept it, China will always be bigger and better than the dumpsite that is india.

Thats the only chick China got. While they are in war with atleast 10 others including Japan, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philipines, Bhutan, US and many others.

Nope, Philippines is now a strong ally of China, and we certainly will never want to be associated with the smelly indians whose obssesed with daydreaming about an anti-China alliance. Worry about your shitty country hated by Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myammar, China, Sri Blanka, Maldives, that's seven countries and counting. Even the Africans lynch dishonest indian regularly, lol. Simply no one wants indian, they smell bad, poor and act similarly to beggars, no manners and downright hideous.

 

[Jlaw]

Thats the only chick China got. While they are in war with atleast 10 others including Japan, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philipines, Bhutan, US and many others.

Really?! China at war with ten other countries? That shows China can fight 10 front war unlike Hindu braggers

 

[master_13]

Thats the only chick China got. While they are in war with atleast 10 others including Japan, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philipines, Bhutan, US and many others.

while in war? hahahahaha. Indian is so delusional it's pathetic, yes, let's just say Indian is in war with all of its neighbors too. The funny thing is China actually has extremely good border relation with north, west, and southwest (except India mostly). While India is being hate by neighbors from all directions.

 

[Viking 63]

For India the only remedy ! BURNOL BURNOL BURNOL...HAHAHAH,

 

[Mugwop]

india needs to worry

 

[Azadkashmir]

Give them credit they are trying hard with thier bollywood media, even though they spend whole day arguing between themsleves.

 

[CaptainJackSparrow]

That's creative!

 

[Rollno21]

Lol,the cover was really creative

 

[terranMarine]

LOL VN now as China's legs , i think the Hindus just insulted the Southern monkeys with that creative cover

 

[xyxmt]

Thats the only chick China got. While they are in war with atleast 10 others including Japan, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philipines, Bhutan, US and many others.

who else will they need, they know our history how few 100 thousand of us enslaved billions for 300 years

 

[Nan Yang]

The cover of the July 31 issue of the India Today magazine has gone viral in China. The cover that has a map of China in the shape of a large chicken also has a smaller Pakistan by its side, again in the shape of a chick, in green.

IndiaToday.in | Written by Vivek Surendran
New Delhi, July 28, 2017 | UPDATED 14:30 IST
A +A -

India Today magazine cover that has gone viral in China
The covers of the India Today magazine have always been iconic, ingenious and often controversial.

The cover of the July 31 issue of the India Today magazine has gone viral on Chinese social media platform Wiebo, the country's substitute for Twitter, and the Chinese are not pleased with the cover.

The latest issue of the India Today magazine has the map of China, in red, in the shape of a big chicken and a smaller chick -- Pakistan, in green -- by its side, along with captions that read "China's new chick" and "How China is buying out Pakistan with massive new investments and why India needs to worry", below it.

India Today magazine July 20 issue cover that has gone viral in China
The Chinese are fuming seeing the cover. Their main contention is that the map on the cover doesn't show Tibet and Taiwan as its part. In retaliation, there are op-eds, sharply criticising the magazine and India as a whole, being written on Chinese newspapers, and Chinese social media users Photoshopping their answers on to India Today magazine covers.

All this while there is a tense standoff between the Indian and Chinese troops at Doklam.

Meanwhile, the India Today magazine cover on China and Pakistan's growing friendship has been selected as the 'The Cover of the Day' by The Society of Publication Designers (SPD), New York. Ashish Bagga, Group CEO, India Today Group, said, "Getting featured in SPD, New York, reflects on India Today's commitment to set international standards in journalism. Powerful take on pertinent issues is the hallmark of impactful reportage and insights. For India Today, we are happy that we have serviced the Thinking Indian well."

An article on China's Global Times said, "Such hysterical geopolitical imagination is nothing new. What is new, however, is the erroneous exclusion of Tibet and Taiwan from Chinese territory."

It also said, "China and India are currently locked in a border standoff. Some Indian elites understandably hate China and want to carve away Tibet and Taiwan. But they know this is an impossibility, so they are reduced to drawing an illustration. It is more ludicrous when the magazine proudly proclaimed that the cover was selected as the "The Cover of the Day" by the Society of Publication Designers, New York."

A report in the South China Morning Post read, "But Chinese netizens griped over the exclusion of Taiwan and Tibet from China's map. The Chinese government claims sovereignty over both places, considering Taiwan a renegade province and Tibet an autonomous region, but there are long-standing political tensions over the government's control of these areas."

The Taiwan News, a Taiwanese news outlet, however, welcomed India Today's cover. A report said, "In a bizarre reversal of fortune, instead of the usual erroneous inclusion of Taiwan in a map of China, the cover of the latest issue of the magazine India Today, not only excludes Taiwan from Chinese territory, but it also carved away Tibet from its posterior, while a tiny green chick in the shape of Pakistan stands behind it."

The outlet also included comments of Taiwanese netizens, who were glad to see the new map. Sample these:

"This is the correct version of the map."

"India has finally done a positive thing that the world can look up to."

"China really gets worked up if there's no Taiwan."

"Come and eat Indian curry today."

"That's a good cover, why not buy one?"

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...china-chick-viral-global-times/1/1013152.html

India is just under the China chicken backside. If Indian look up they will kiss the chicken butt.

 

[The Sandman]

wow that's a really low by indian media but everything is expected from this gutter media.