City's image can never be promoted with a false story
THE STORY OF Li Xiangnan, a "child prodigy" in Laiyang, East China's Shandong province, was widely spread online, yet journalists found there were holes in it. The local education bureau is believed to have been involved in promoting the story and an investigation is underway. Beijing Youth Daily comments:
Several media outlets have already pointed out several fatal problems with Li's story. For instance, he claims he signed a pre-admission contract with Massachusetts University of Technology, which does not exist and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which carries a similar name, said they do not sign such contracts.
He posted photos of some emails about his pre-admission offer online, but these emails were sent from one of his own email accounts to other email accounts he owned.
