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“The government has declared orgies, formally called “crowd licentiousness,” to be illegal.” It’s been over a week since the news broke of Chinese officials and young girls posed in a group photo that’s obvious they were about to swap DNA 5 ways and it’s funny how it has to stay in the news, now it’s about how group sex is viewed in China. Yes, it’s illegal. (NY Times – Group Sex in China) If you snoop around, you’ll see funny Photoshopped versions and sites with the complete photo dump. Geez.
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The greatest hurdler of all time, Liu Xiang who has had two bad outing at the last two Olympics is in the midst of controversy. He’s the Asian speedster and like Yao Ming, a national hero in China. According to the South China Morning Post, he was told that his injury was serious at London. He ran, hit the first hurdle and limped to the finish line. Was he injured the entire time, but kept it secret for his endorsements? That’s what the paper implies. The government issued a gag order to the media and he did his thing in front of the world’s eye and broke people’s hearts. This sounds like a piece of sensational news, but who knows. It was reported. When healthy, he’s still world class. (ABC – Liu Xiang)
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This year’s Miss World contest, 61 years old now, is the longest running international beauty pageant. This year it was held in the apocalyptically modern city of Ordos in China’s “Inner Mongolia” region. The 2013 event will be held in Indonesia. I’m sure the bidding process puts the IOC’s to shame – bribes, girls, nasi goreng, and Swarovski rhinestones flying. International media had/has been incorrectly reporting that the competition was held in Mongolia, but Ordos is China. It’s been an “Autonomous Region” of China since the early 1900′s, but the Chinese tourism bureau will encourage you to come to Ordos to experience Mongolia. Weird, but there it is. Here’s what you missed while you didn’t even realize the Miss World competition was happening: Miss Fiji wore a fancy Princess Mononoke-esque owl costume and danced around in it. Miss Malawi body-checked Miss New Zealand for standing in her spot. Hardcore. Miss Nepal is a perfect multi-culti Barbie doll. Who knew? Suspicions of corruption are afoot with host country’s Miss China taking home the giant crown. No way… Miss Philippines beatboxed her way to Ordos. And her name is Queenierich. You’re totally going to tune in next year now, aren’t you?
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It’s happening. Maybe that trip to China won’t be as fun if you’re Japanese. Japanese cars being flipped over by a thousand protestors over the Senkaku Islands dispute. Guess what? If it were obvious as to who’s a Japanese person, they might get curbed. (Autonews – Japan Bashing)
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