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Liar Liar Pants on Fire
28 February 2011 9:29 PM | 3 CommentsLie of the Day: "We'll never seek economic growth rate and big size at the price of environment," - Wen Jiabao. Thanks for the laugh big guy.
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10,000 Miles Later and One Less Car-less Mongolian Child
23 February 2011 2:50 PM | 1 CommentWe spoke with Abandon the Cube in June before they set off on their journey, and now they’re back and, surprisingly, alive to tell us the answers to the most important questions.
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Meditations on Minorities
18 February 2011 6:19 PM | 2 CommentsUighurs. Lots of things come to mind when I think about them dudes. Two of the more "serious" or "responsible" or even "ethical" thoughts I have are as follows:
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Calling for an Asian Hollywood Invasion
18 February 2011 4:25 PM | No CommentsLots of supporting roles seem to go to Asian-American actors, and from a personal standpoint I see a lot more diversity in Hollywood now than 10 or 15 years ago. But the Asian lead is still a scarcity in the American film industry.
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Uighurs: The Shocking Truth Revealed!
17 February 2011 2:39 PM | 9 CommentsWhy do Chinese people strongly dislike Uighurs? Why does the CCP censor news articles relating to the minority group? Why? Why? Why? All answers revealed in this shocking piece of journalistic mastery!
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What’s a Shlaowai?
According to Wikipedia (why think on our own), “‘Laowai’ is one of several Chinese words for foreigner. Laowai literally translates as “old” (lao 老) “outsider” (wai 外).” A laowai is basically the Chinese gringo equivalent, a slightly derogatory term for a foreigner, yet we all hear the term in everyday conversation. From the children tugging [...]