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Is China North Korea's hip older brother?

Guess where the photo was taken.Is or isn't it true, an ever-curious Chinese friend asked me in Beijing last week, that people from this country look at ultra-Communist North Korea the way foreigners in democratic countries look at Communist-Lite... ...full story at Laowiseass

from Laowiseass on Sat, Oct 24 2009

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