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05 Sep 2009 11:14

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Offbeat: “Corrupt official” is rising up the “when I grow up” charts

  • When I grow up I want to be an official. … A corrupt official because corrupt officials have a lot of things.
  • A young Chinese girl interviewed on TV • When asked what she planned to do when she grew up. You know, young anonymous Chinese girl, you could get more specific with your “when I grow up” statement and simply say you want to be a corrupt blogger. ShortFormBlog will probably be hiring in 20 years. • source
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02 Sep 2009 10:59

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U.S., World: Laura Ling & Euna Lee: We were pulled back into North Korea

  • Feeling nervous about where we were, we quickly turned back toward China. Midway across the ice, we heard yelling. We looked back and saw two North Korean soldiers with rifles running toward us. Instinctively, we ran. We were firmly back inside China when the soldiers apprehended us.
  • A statement on Current TV’s Web site • In the statement, Ling and Lee describe the circumstances that led them into North Korea. Basically, a guide in China convinced them to keep walking until they found themselves in the country. They immediately went back into China, but were grabbed anyway by North Korean soldiers. Which, if anything, lends credence to the idea that they weren’t intentionally headed there. • source
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26 Aug 2009 21:01

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Biz, World: IKEA changed their fonts to reach Chinese *yawn* customers

Futura didn’t have an extended character set like Verdana does. How do the Chinese repay them? By loitering in their stores. source
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10 Aug 2009 09:27

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World: Mudslides make a bad situation in China even worse

  • 600 villagers could be buried by a torrent of mud source
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09 Aug 2009 12:17

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World: Flood waters from Typhoon Morakot are unspeakably high

  • 100 inches of rain in Pingtung, a southern county; good God source
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09 Aug 2009 12:13

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World: Typhoon Morakot spews dangerous flood water on China’s coast

  • 1 million people have been moved inland in the wake of the typhoon, which is causing some of Taiwan’s worst flooding in 50 years source
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04 Aug 2009 00:55

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World: China tries, fails to avoid the pneumonic plague like the plague

  • 3 people have died from the pneumonic plague so far source
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02 Aug 2009 21:58

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World: Deadly plague infection hits China (that country can’t catch a break!)

  • 10,000 quarantined in Ziketan, Qinghai province source
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28 Jul 2009 20:22

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World: China has crazy greenhouse gas stats up the yin-yang

Britain emits a lot of greenhouse gas but, according to Greenpeace, China’s *three* biggest power firms emit even more. That is FREAKY. source
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24 Jul 2009 16:42

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World: Shanghai officials not so keen on that whole one child policy anymore

  • one the number of kids Chinese couples are allowed to have. There are some exceptions, of course. If you and your spouse are both only children and live in the city, or if you live in the country and your first child is a girl, two is perfectly alright. source
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