People's Bank of China Bans April Fools Jokes
Wu Zhengfu, a top-level official in the People's Bank of China, has made a public announcement that April Fools day jokes are now officially banned in the country. A formal statement, now released on the PBoC website, states that "at this stage, all public informational and media institutions must not make statements of fraudulent comedy, directly or....
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