Death By Insta-Poll?

Just weeks before he flew to Beijing to celebrate National Geographic‘s new publishing partnership with the People’s Republic of China, Editor-in-Chief Chris Johns killed a National Geographic story on Censorship in China.

Does his decision reflect a savviness about the new rules of international publishing (i.e., don’t annoy your global business partners)? Or is it a sign that this Onion video is no joke?

We’re not sure. But we do know this: Post-office box.

Tagged as: censorship, China, Chris Johns, LLE, video