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Title: China builds Battlestar Galactica
Post by: karajorma on August 27, 2013, 09:06:39 pm

http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1299686/chinese-media-confuses-science-fiction-images-aircraft-carrier

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Those photos of a super-futuristic aircraft carrier published by the Japanese-language side of China.org.cn? Yeah, those were lifted from a Battlestar Galactica fan-site.

The article, published by the state-run China Internet Information Center and titled "4 Major Trends in Aircraft Carrier Development," is presently still online. Japanese internet users were quick to call bull**** on the article's images, as South China Morning Post reports:

Title: Re: China builds Battlestar Galactica
Post by: SypheDMar on August 27, 2013, 10:17:43 pm

XD

China...

Title: Re: China builds Battlestar Galactica
Post by: Darius on August 28, 2013, 01:13:40 am

:D Reminds me of when this (http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/chinacarrier.asp) was going around.

Title: Re: China builds Battlestar Galactica
Post by: An4ximandros on August 28, 2013, 01:44:19 am

I wonder when they'll go to deviant art and steal a picture of the Solaris and say it's their next-gen space warship.

Title: Re: China builds Battlestar Galactica
Post by: Luis Dias on August 28, 2013, 02:29:02 am

Well the North Koreans excel at this kind of stuff.

Title: Re: China builds Battlestar Galactica
Post by: headdie on August 28, 2013, 04:53:59 am

Quote from: Luis Dias on August 28, 2013, 02:29:02 am

Well the North Koreans excel at this kind of stuff.

thats nothing, Iran builds 3/4 scale mockups and try to pass them off as the real thing (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=83666.msg1671557#msg1671557)

Title: Re: China builds Battlestar Galactica
Post by: Rodo on August 28, 2013, 10:37:39 am

Iran's plane glass is teh best.

Title: Re: China builds Battlestar Galactica
Post by: MikeRoz on September 07, 2013, 08:32:45 pm

I love the reaction - "looks like Macross"!