Earlier today, CNN anchor and Beijing correspondent John Vause
was filming in Tiananmen Square, Beijing when he suddenly encountered a
man holding an umbrella who won't step away from his cameraman's lens.
Maybe it's the matching umbrella and pants, but this goes down in our
book as the silliest censorship effort ever.



UPDATE: Video footage of the "umbrella incident" here:

Also, from CNN Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz on Twitter:

Just drove around T Square: it's swarming with hordes of uniformed and plainclothes cops, some carrying similar umbrellas.

UPDATE 2: It just gets ridiculouser and
ridiculouser! Now BBC's Beijing correspondent James Reynolds has also
met with the same treatment. Whoever thought of this umbrella idea has
just made China look oh so good in front of the world's media.