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A false alarm over the death of traditional Chinese

Two calls to sign this petition have been floating around my inbox recently: Being from Hong Kong, I quickly submitted my name to support this cause. Thoughts stirred in my head: What was the UN doing? Is this a signal for Taiwan? Does this mean Hong... ...full story at Virtual China

from Virtual China on Thu, Jul 24 2008

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