Tag: China
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Forget Katrina…China is about to be hit by Super Typhoon Saomai…Half million flee
BEIJING (Reuters) – More than half a million Chinese have fled their homes in the path of a super typhoon, the strongest to threaten the country in 50 years, as…
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Chinese 'anger bar' is a big hit
I guess bartenders have always done more psychotherapy than psychologists…. A bar in eastern China has come up with a novel way of attracting clients – they are allowed to…
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Someday we will all be Chinese…you better learn the language…
Anyway I look at it, the Chinese win. They always have for 5000 years. Even when they lose, they eventually win by sheer numbers…. cd SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China launched…
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Is it really Shiloh?
From my oh-so-reliable source, the China Daily…. People magazine has outbid all other US weekly tabloids for $ 4.1 million to land the Angelina Jolie- Brad Pitt baby Shiloh pictures.…
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China's Military Buildup
Okay, the interesting thing here is that we are committed BY LAW to defend Taiwan… This morning I read an article about how the US is demanding that China explain…
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China Makes Artificial Rain for Beijing
This might seem at first glance to be just a simple story, but if you take a moment to think about it further, it raises some very interesting questions….things like…
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China introduces chopsticks tax
Wow, I must throw out at least two pairs of these a day. Hmm. Something to think about. The Chinese government is introducing a 5% tax on disposable wooden chopsticks…
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China Returns Sharp Retort to U.S. Report on Human Rights – New York Times
I live in the pot. I live in the kettle. Maybe that phrase needs to be updated…why is it a bad thing for the pot or the kettle to be…
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Churches lambast US over Iraq, environment
Assholes come in all shapes, sizes, and religious preferences. And so do good people. Despite my profound suspicion of the machinations and intentions of the Christian church as a whole,…
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The Kiss of Life – New York Times
Here’s a meditation on the origins and myriad meanings of kissing. In 1990, a Beijing paper lamented the introduction to China by Westerners of kissing, “…a vulgar practice which is…
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So Long, Dalai Lama: Google Adapts to China
This chilling article shows a little of what the future holds. I arrived in China in 2001. An earthquake hit Seattle as I left. A big earthquake. The thing was,…
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Iraq's Sadr says his militia will support Iran
This is no surprise but it is getting virtually no press. I find the machinations of the great powers to be fascinating and can’t help but try to see the…
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Where is N.Korea's Kim? Is he in China? Or in Russia? Did he fly?
The plot thickens further…is Kim Jong Il anywhere? Where’s Waldo? cd Where is N.Korea’s Kim? Officials hunt for clues – Yahoo! News UK SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea’s Kim Jong-il…
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Kim Jong-il 'makes Chinese visit'
Oooo, he has a special armored train! What do you think it looks like inside? North Korean leader Kim Jong-il travelled to China on Tuesday in a special armoured train,…
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Cool China Housing
This makes me want to return to China. Beijing is an incredible city. Amazing. Astounding…..wow…. cd Mass housing in China has historically been standardized and repetitive. Steven Holl Architects’ Linked…
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Artists Who Love Fukn.Us
Well at least they submitted their work to us for review….The following are the links to the first three sites we have seen and reviews by myself and Mink Hippie….Bernest…
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China zoo worker mauled by lions
(It’s Zoo Day @ fukn.us! Or something. Anyway, this puts things in perspective when you have a bad day at work. -kg) A Chinese zoo worker has been badly mauled…
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Mooncake Mailing Rules
(Almost time for mooncakes again. I was accustomed to getting yummy mooncakes in Seattle. Am pretty sure I will be able to find them in Hawaii. But if you are…
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Paintings, Drawings, Etc. by Sam Vaughan
I attended the First Friday Gallery Walk in Chinatown last night. As usual, it was fun. A lot of people out drinking, looking at art, and in general having fun.…
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Kim Jong-il on Al Jazeera about USA
(I found this to be a pretty interesting article…not to mention the oddity of who it is and where it is published….cd) âU.S. emerged as a result of genocideâ?- Kim…
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How Should a President Respond
(Thanks for sending this my way Lena!) Subject: How SHOULD A President Respond? In September 1999, Hurricane Floyd — a category 3 — was bearing down on the Carolinas and…
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China to Build Offshore Wind Power Complex – Yahoo! News
(Go China!!!!!…cd) China to Build Offshore Wind Power Complex – Yahoo! News SHANGHAI, China – China plans to construct its first offshore wind power complex next year in hopes of…
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Chinese Rage Fukn Up Capitalism….Go Chinese!!!!
(Now if we could only get people in the west to see the inequity of modern life. In my opinion, we are too much under the influence of our mass…
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A Chinese City's Rage At the Rich And Powerful –
By Edward Cody, Washington Post Foreign Service Mon Aug 1, 1:00 AM ET CHIZHOU, China — Liu Liang, a slightly built computer student with big glasses, was home in Chizhou…
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The Perils of China's Growth to the Chinese
STUFF : WORLD NEWS – STORY : New Zealand’s leading news and information website China facing epidemic of suicide, depression 26 July 2005 BEIJING: Suicide is the number one cause…
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