We Stand Erected: Sizing Up the New People's Daily Headquarters

Netizens have been sniggering lately over photos of the new People's Daily Headquarters, located just a few blocks away from Beijing's other not-so-subtle monument to Big State Media, the CCTV Tower (a.k.a. 'The Pants').

The building's phallic form is but a passing phase, when completed its supposed to look more like this:

So enjoy the photo-opp while you can, and keep in mind that when it comes to jutting, phallic architecture, our fair city is hardly alone: