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Year-end Top 10: Official Say Stupid Things

1. “We are of high-level positions. So don’t bother to call the police.”
Yu Fuqin slapped a 19-year-old tour guide twice in the face for touching an ancient mural in Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. When questioned about the issue by security staff, Yu Fuqin’s husband stepped in and said, “We are of high-level positions. So [...]

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The Chinese Worker: Runner Up as Time’s Person of the Year 2009

The number 8 is sacred in China; in fact, it is the number that all important things revolve around.  We all know what happened on August 8th, 2008 at 8:08PM.
However, there’s another more important aspect of the number 8 in China today.  The Chinese have a word for it: baoba.  Baoba means “protect eight,” the [...]

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Chinese husband allows wife to attack him once a week

The 32-year-old man, who was named by the Chongqing Evening News as Mr Zhang, took the unusual step after suffering intense abuse from his wife, who studies kung fu.
“I don’t want to beat him, but arguments are inevitable and I can’t help myself,” his wife told the newspaper. She added that in the week before [...]

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Chinese Cop’s Drink Death ‘In Line Of Duty’

A police officer in China has been declared a revolutionary hero after drinking himself to death at an official dinner.
Chen Lusheng, 38, a traffic policeman in the southern city of Shenzhen, “died in the line of duty” following the epic drinking bout at a dinner with officials in October, the state-run China Daily said.
Mr Chen [...]

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We don’t read the letters, we read the words. Amazing!

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn [...]

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“The Joy of Quitting”

Yesterday I read an article on Seth Godin’s blog called “The Joy of Quitting.”  I really liked it and want to share it with everyone.  (BTW, Seth’s blog is blocked in China for reasons I do not know, perhaps Typepad is blocked so Seth is affected.)
The governor of New York faces an interesting choice.
He can [...]

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14 Days in America – Part Two: Met the Parents

Last time I was in Los Angeles was a year and half ago when I went back to visit my parents.  More than a year later, I’m back and I brought my wife with me.  My parents have not met my wife before (only communicated via phone and seen her in pictures) so this will [...]

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14 Days in America – Part One: All Good Things Must Wait

I’ve just came back from a 14 days trip through the American west with my wife and I have to say the experience was fantastic.
In the past 14 days, we’ve traveled more than 3,000 miles through 3 states (California, Nevada, and Arizona) and saw some of the tallest, deepest, and most beautiful natural wonders in [...]

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The new Sony Vaio can fit in your back pocket, so can mine

Here’s a promotion Sony did boasting that their new Vaio is so small and portable, it can fit in your back pocket:

I like Sony and I personally use a Sony Vaio FZ440, but from the promotional picture above, it seems like those laptops can barely fit; they are streching those back pockets a little bit [...]

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Rock and roll version of the ABC Song

We’ve all sang and heard of the ABC song, little kids sing this song to learn their ABCs.  Here’s the orginal version:
A~ B~ C~ D~ E~ F~ G~~
H~ I~ J~ K~ L M N O P~~
Q~ R~ S~~ T~ U~ V~~
W~~ X~~ Y~ and Z~~
Now I know my ABCs.
Next time won’t you sing with me!
While [...]

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