China spokeswoman's Taiwan restaurant tweet sparks ridicule online

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BEIJING: A senior Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman has prompted a storm of ridicule online, after a late-night tweet where she used restaurant listings to assert Beijing's claim over Taiwan. 'Baidu Maps show that there are 38 Shandong dumpling restaurants and 67 Shanxi noodle restaurants in Taipei,' sp

Hua's tweet on Sunday appeared to backfire, as thousands of users on Twitter - a site banned in China and only accessible via special VPN software - piled on to poke holes in the top official's logic.

"Google Maps show that there are 17 McDonalds, 18 KFCs, 19 Burger Kings, and 19 Starbucks in Beijing. Palates don't cheat. #China has always been a part of America. The long lost child will eventually return home," Twitter user"@plasticreceiver" wrote in a parody of Hua's tweet.

 

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