Reuters, the commie's friend

China has proclaimed a law threatening Taiwan with attack should it declare itself independent. Reuters has an interesting take on this new law:

China's parliament passed an anti-secession bill on Monday that authorizes the use of force against Taiwan, drawing a warning from the self-ruled island that Beijing would have to pay a price.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao defended the legislation, approved in a near unanimous vote to a lengthy ovation from lawmakers, saying it was aimed at peace as long as Taiwan, which China claims as its own, does not formally declare statehood.

The National People's Congress is not a parliament: a bunch of stooges does not a parliament make. Of course there was a "lengthy ovation", that's what stooges do. Stooges do not legislate, they rubber stamp: the vote was 2,896 "for" with two abtentions – the two abstentions voted from their rooms in the mental hospital.

Could this be some of that covert government propaganda passed off as news?