A TCM doctor in Nanning by the name of Wei Shengchu (韦盛初) has stuck 2008 needles in his head to "welcome" the upcoming Beijing Olympics in a wild, wacky publicity stunt. From the Business... ...full story at Shanghaiist
from Shanghaiist on Wed, Jun 04 2008
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