Please, go read these two posts by one of my very favorite writers right now. She knows whereof she speaks. I remember reading how the Georgian peasants were convinced Stalin was unaware of their plight as they starved to death in the 1930s, and if there... ...full story at Peking Duck
from Peking Duck on Thu, Oct 08 2009
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YouTube video Born on Okinawa September 5, 1936. Her parents were wealthy and owned lots of rich farm land. She had an older brother and a younger sister. Her father was later drafted into the Chinese army. Later he was captured and allowed to starve to death in... |
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Two more officials sacked after violent protest over teens' death » People's Daily Two more county officials in a southwestern Chinese county were sacked on Friday following a violent protest over a teenage girl's death last Saturday. Wang Qin, Party secretary of the Weng'an County, where the protest happened, and ... |
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Walmart responds to customer's death in E China » People's Daily by Xinhua writers Bai Xu and Shen Yang Walmart said Thursday it was "deeply saddened" that a customer had allegedly been beaten to death by at least two of its employees after being confronted with a shoplifting accusation in east China's Jiangxi... |
| 06 Jul 09 |
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Chinese writers churn out Michael Jackson bio in 48 hours » Shanghaiist If there was a world record for the quickest post-death biographies ever written, this one would probably win. Two Chinese writers have written an "instant book" on Michael Jackson spanning 130,000 words... in just 48 hours. Entitled "Moonwalk in Paradise... |
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And for the fake ant breeder...death! » Imagethief Death for an ant-selling pyramid scheme. Only in China:BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for conning people out of 3 billion yuan ($387 million) in a giant scam to breed ants, local media said on Thursday.Wang Zhendong, from... |
| 06 Nov 09 |
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Chinese mainland reports one more death from A/H1N1 flu » People's Daily The Chinese mainland reported one more death from A/H1N1 flu Friday after at least 12 people had fallen victim to the disease, authorities said. The new death case, reported in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was a 65-year-old... |
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