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		</div><p>You might want to leave your whoopee cushions at home if you are spending this April Fool’s Day in China.</p>
<p>Pranksters across the world’s most populous nation will have been left disappointed at news that the Communist Party has condemned the annual day of mischief.</p>
<p>Leading party propaganda organ Xinhua News Agency said on its official microblog that the “so-called” Western April Fool’s Day does not conform to Chinese cultural traditions or “socialist core values”.</p>
<p>China, which is a one-party Communist state, has long crusaded against Western cultural influences.</p>
<p>Contrary to the behaviour of virtually every news outlet in the Western world on Friday, the starting or spreading of rumours in China is a no-no, according to Xinhua.</p>
<p>The blog also curiously said that rumours should not be believed by anyone either, somewhat missing the point that the aim of the day is to trick people.</p>
<p>Along with official newspapers including the flagship People’s Daily and state broadcaster CCTV, Xinhua has been a key tool in the party’s campaign to rid China of unwelcome cultural intrusions seen as challenging its political orthodoxy.</p>
<p>Those include basic human rights and political concepts such as freedom of speech and separation of powers.</p>
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