How could we possibly have believed it...?

SHENZHEN: China revealed today that the cardboard-stuffed pork buns reportedly being foisted of late on an unsuspecting public turns out to have been a hoax. "Naturally we're very upset," said a spokesperson. "Both because our friends abroad would credit such a story in the first place, and because it damages our image as a trustworthy trading partner concerned with human welfare." He went on to say that the person responsible for starting the rumor has been sentenced to be shot 472 times, and that this groundless, prejudiced story has hurt the export of such products as nitroglycerin-imbued Pyro-jamas, Wacky Glue Frosted Muffins, and underwear woven from inexpensive poison ivy.