China boosts Olympic gold medal count by lumping in Hong Kong, Taiwan

China boosts Olympic gold medal count by lumping in Hong Kong, Taiwan

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The Olympics may be over, but Chinese state media is still going for the gold. 

One of the communist country’s official outlets found a way to boost its nation’s second-place medal haul ahead of the leading United States, by including the medals won by Taiwan and Hong Kong in the tally, according to reports.

China Central Television listed the nation as having 42 gold medals under their inflated and inaccurate count, three ahead of the 39 that the US took home, and four more than China alone really took home, the Free Beacon reported.