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This was in the new late last week and it smelled like a hoax, but who knows. Plenty of people, a lot of organs, and the iPad. There’s a lot of sides to this and supposedly 5 are charged with a crime. (Xinhua – Kidney)
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Fang Lizhi passes away in the US. He was outspoken against the Chinese Government during the 1989 Tianamen Era. A university professor in China, he hid in the US Embassy for months, and then lived in exile in Arizona since. (Washington Post – Fang Lizhi)
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While he’s being watched by the government for making art and statements contrary to them, he set up webcams and broadcasted his life, to be as transparent as possible, but that got shut down. He can’t win, especially when he’s constantly mocking his government’s authority and making art out of it. As innocent as it all sounds, he knows what’s up. (VOA News – Ai Weiwei)
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Yes, the article says the average drinker in China is 3 cups a year. Plenty of space for growth, but imagine in the countryside in a country that’s gigantic, have they even seen coffee or heart of it? Yet there’s 500 shops in China and growing. Is it? Does Starbucks cater to the 1% or less in China with enough money to pay for a drink that’s considered luxurious? Yes and that’s what they’re doing since that’s the only people who’ll pay for expensive and mediocre coffee. (WSJ – China)
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What’s for breakfast? How about eggs cooked in piss? In Dongyang, China, that’s what’s special. Virgin boys under the age of 10 pee into buckets and those get used to cook the eggs. Yes, the eggs crack after cooking and then more piss is added. Want to prevent head stroke? Then eat these eggs. It takes a day to make them and it sounds like something that can be made anywhere.
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