Showing posts with label china. Show all posts
Showing posts with label china. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Jackie Chan. Enemy of democracy.
Jackie Chan is not sure freedom is good for Chinese people.
Can I agree without being labeled a racist?
Can I agree without being labeled a racist?
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
China experiments with mobile exection chambers
My favorite quote has to be:
"Makers of the death vans say the vehicles and injections are a civilized alternative to the firing squad, ending the life of the condemned more quickly, clinically and safely. The switch from gunshots to injections is a sign that China "promotes human rights now," says Kang Zhongwen, who designed the Jinguan Automobile death van in which "Devil" Zhang took his final ride."
Is anyone else alarmed by this?
"Makers of the death vans say the vehicles and injections are a civilized alternative to the firing squad, ending the life of the condemned more quickly, clinically and safely. The switch from gunshots to injections is a sign that China "promotes human rights now," says Kang Zhongwen, who designed the Jinguan Automobile death van in which "Devil" Zhang took his final ride."
Is anyone else alarmed by this?
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
You're doing it wrong.
When this Chinese girl got into a horrible accident that claimed both of her legs, her parents couldn't afford prosthetics. So they improvised. With a basketball.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Smoking in Beijing
This nation is definitely part of the modern age, fully fit to host the olympics! Check this out.
And here are my three favorite paragraphs.
"Health care workers are not exactly the best role models: more than half of all Chinese medical professionals smoke, and a 2004 government survey of 3,600 doctors found that 30 percent did not know that smoking could lead to heart disease and circulation problems. (Unlike cigarettes in much of the world, Chinese brands carry no health warning on labels, although that is scheduled to change in 2011.)
Smoking with one hand and wielding a pair of chopsticks with the other, Li Na, 26, a secretary, was unapologetic as her 2-year-old son sat next to her at a restaurant here enveloped in a bluish haze. “If you overprotect your children, they don’t build their immunity,” she explained. “Breathing a little smoke when they are small makes them stronger.”
At wedding parties, the bride often passes out Double Happiness brand cigarettes to guests, a tradition meant to enhance her fertility. Mourners at Chinese funerals are generously plied with smokes, and a handful burned at the grave site is meant to satisfy the craving of the deceased."
Italics are my own.
And here are my three favorite paragraphs.
"Health care workers are not exactly the best role models: more than half of all Chinese medical professionals smoke, and a 2004 government survey of 3,600 doctors found that 30 percent did not know that smoking could lead to heart disease and circulation problems. (Unlike cigarettes in much of the world, Chinese brands carry no health warning on labels, although that is scheduled to change in 2011.)
Smoking with one hand and wielding a pair of chopsticks with the other, Li Na, 26, a secretary, was unapologetic as her 2-year-old son sat next to her at a restaurant here enveloped in a bluish haze. “If you overprotect your children, they don’t build their immunity,” she explained. “Breathing a little smoke when they are small makes them stronger.”
At wedding parties, the bride often passes out Double Happiness brand cigarettes to guests, a tradition meant to enhance her fertility. Mourners at Chinese funerals are generously plied with smokes, and a handful burned at the grave site is meant to satisfy the craving of the deceased."
Italics are my own.
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