After the outrage over the “goons and thugs” comments, the events in Seoul during the torch relay were just sad and depressing. Mobs attacked South Koreas and Tibetans with opposing viewpoints. These groups of people, hopefully small and unrepresentative of Chinese youth, were without question, goons and thugs. Hopefully all Chinese will be ashamed of [...]
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As it turns out, concerns that Beijing will be brutally hot this August during the Olympics are completely false. You see, temperatures and humidity both begin to fall one week into the 8th month, according to Guo Liwen, head of the Beijing Meteorological Bureau. What a lucky coincidence then that the Olympics are set to [...]
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Premier Wen Jiabao raced around the country to do his man-of-the-people routine in response to the blizzards that preceeded Spring Festival. He announced that the great tragedy of the blizzard was “some mandarins (oranges) died and trees were toppled.” This according to China Daily.
It’s really sad that some trees died, but what about the [...]
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