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She might have climbed the highest mountains. She definitely ran through some fields. Scaled city walls? Yes. This woman, Feng Luoyu is now 27 but just a couple of years ago, used this photo to search for a husband. She created advertisements the size of street marketing movie posters and had them up. She became the William Hung of China. She’s under five foot tall is/was a cashier, but is seeking a 5’9-6’0 tall man, the dude basically has to be making some cash, has no kids… she is now looking for this man in Brooklyn. The article states that the dude can now have an Ivy League degree. Any takers? Towering Asian Americans who graduated from and Ivy League school, this is your time… (Dailymail – Feng Luoyu)
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Each withdrawal is capped at 5.5 lbs?! or 156,000. China and India buy the most gold and Beijing just got it’s own machine. It’s not that impressive in the end, since machines like this do exist, but 5.5 lbs? Since gold is a standard of valuing currency, this makes easy sense as to why China is buying gold. It’s better than the US dollar, right? (Channel News Asia – Gold Vending)
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Dog Eating Festival Cancelled! There was a time when you couldn’t have a dog as a pet, but now dogs are growing as pets. The event in Qianxi Township, China existed for 600 years and for the first time, it’s cancelled. They used to skin the dogs in the streets! It seems like social networking launched the outcry and the government responded. (Xinhuanet - dog)
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It’s amazing how fast news changes. From being a super power doing crazy building, going to space, then making neighborhoods just to spend money, China’s economy is showing signs of slowing? This has to be coming. It’s early in the game, but eventually, like all super powers, a recession will hit. It’s a land that’s as gigantic and many times the size of the US and most nations sans India, the divide between the wealthy and the poor are huge, and eventually when the rich can’t hold the economic model up, the difficulties magnify. Then again, don’t believe it, it’s just some stats. (NY Times – China Economy Slowing)
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Asians who are into skin whitening continues. In China, it’s a huge industry. Eyes and skin continue. It’s a huge industry in China where the sun is strong. Hopefully it’s all safely tested on their prisoners, but we doubt it. (Chinadaily – skin light)
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