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“Crooked teeth” - Chinese bloggers criticise the foreign media

Raj Some interesting comments over the “crooked teeth” incident are available from or through ESWN. Roland himself seems to somewhat annoyed at the foreign media for some of their comments, claiming that they invented the term “crooked... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Fri, Aug 15 2008

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