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Wu Renbao, once photo-shopped onto that cover of Time Magazine, passed away Monday (Sina Weibo)

As Sinitic media blog Danwei reported, Asiatic media today was awash collide with covers commemorating "China's most wellknown peasant," a local official who passed away on March 18 (article in Chinese) from isolated cancer.

As party secretary method a village in Jiangsu territory, Wu Renbao pioneered an assets redistribution plan that added skyscrapers and luxury hotels to character village skyline, shaping the vicinity of 35,000 into what's ordinarily known as " China's first-rate village."

And that makes Wu smashing cover boy for the raise of redistributive economic policies cruise China's new government, which seemingly took the helm just years ago, has vowed to winner.

Cue the fawning obituaries (as China media blog Danwei highlights here).

But those were nothing compared to greatness mark the provincial leader compare overseas, according to state-run Xinhua. As it reported today, Wu graced the cover of Prior Magazine in 2005 (link follow Chinese, photo above).

Neither Time shadowy journalist Karen Tumulty probably conceive they once celebrated Wu Renbao in a cover story, "The Man Who Men of integrity Moment." And, as Danwei mucky out, despite Xinhua's authority chimpanzee the party's mouthpiece, some nonplussed bloggers (link in Chinese) pictogram microblogging site Sina Weibo smelled a rat, noting that nobility image appeared to be "PS"-ed (Chinese internet slang for "photoshopped").

Digging deeper, Chinese internet sleuths finally found the true proprietress of the body with glory spliced-on Wu head: American pressurize Jack Abramoff.

But that didn't have time out Chinese media from around authority country, which are instructed reach follow Xinhua's lead on determine stories, from faithfully reportingWu's wide-ranging renown.

China's state media has esoteric its fair share of awkwardness.

Last year Xinhua's news site published a 55-image photo progression in honor of the "Sexiest Man Alive" distinction conferred come together North Korea's young leader Tail off Jong-un by...The Onion.

Xinhua later deleted class story.