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The warning appears repeatedly on Google on the site's articles

Mystery Warning About Phuket Emerges on China Site

Friday, October 11, 2013
PHUKET: A strange message warning people about Phuket is being sent through a Chinese web site to readers. Phuketwan has discovered the message embedded in extracts from articles called up on Google from the Women of China online site. The message reads: You should warn your people to becareful [sic] for holidaying in Phuket! It comes up on articles that are not about Phuket. The site, womanofchina.cn, carries articles about women in China and from around the world, in English.

The site says: Sponsored by All-China Women's Federation, womenofchina.cn offers comprehensive information on the way China's women live today, showcasing their views on the rapidly changing world around them, the challenges they face and the achievements that have been made in the field of women's development.

It's likely that the mysterious warning about Phuket has been planted in the site's HTML coding, possibly without the knowledge of the people who run the site. It appears as though someone may have decided to let people know what they think about Phuket, using the Women of China website.

UPDATE


Among the ''Feedack'' [sic] on the site is the following message:

Jerome on 2013-10-06
Hi, i come back from Phuket, Thailand, and i was very surprised because a lot of chinese tourists woman get assaulted/raped in Thailand,and you do nothing to warn them. You should warn your people to becareful for holidaying in Phuket! Here the link of the last assault: (link to a site removed)

Reply
Dear Jerome,
Thanks for your reminder. We will strengthen publicity and report the situation to related departments who are expected to take action with regards to this issue.
Best wishes,
Yang Zixin

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It probably had to happen sooner or later in respect of the terrible loss of lives due to drowning

Posted by Mick.s on October 11, 2013 18:21

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I bought a great T-shirt in Bangkok today: "I don't need GOOGLE; my wife knows everything".

A lot of these websites are a load of codswallop, especially Trip Adviser which is easily manipulated!

Posted by Logic on October 12, 2013 03:59

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With the recent case of the drugged up illegal taxi driver who kidnapped a chinese woman and sexually attacked her, resulting in the sever punsihment of a 2000 baht fine, this warning seems very much ok.

Posted by christian on October 12, 2013 05:30


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