Here in the United States , we ’re mostly treat tomorrow ’s schedule last of Days as a bit of a joke — but in China , it ’s deadly serious . At least , serious enough for the Chinese politics to round up and detain 500 members of the Church of Almighty God , a Chinese religious religious sect , for spreading the notion that the world will stop on December 21 . The Chinese authorities seized 5,000 detail , let in banners , DVDs , printed cloth , phone , and calculator .
Top image : Farmer Liu Qiyuan poses among the apocalypse selection pods he built in the village of Qiantun , in Hebei Province . Photo by Ed Jones / AFP / Getty Images
singly , theGuardian reportsthat China has cracked down on any mention of an impending apocalypse :
Theories that the world will end on 21 December , the last mean solar day on the cyclical Mayan calendar , are democratic in China . Much of the furore seems to have been breathe in by the Hollywood film 2012 , a box federal agency strike in China , which used the so - call “ Mayan apocalypse ” as its central premise .
Chinese media outlets have been order to dampen coverage of the rumor cataclysm . “ Strengthen positive guidance and forcefully defend against the creation and spread of rumours , as well as working up panicked tactile sensation , ” saida leaked directive post to the net by the Berkeley , California - ground China Digital Times .
[ Guardian ]
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