Absurdity, Allegory and China

Though it is highly unlikely that anyone hasn’t yet heard, the latest issue of the New Yorker with it’s trademark cartoon cover shows the Obamas in the Oval Office kitted out as rad-Muslims, a burning flag in the fireplace and an Osama portrait hanging on the wall. The Obama camp has called it “tasteless,” and [...]

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Under the headline “Wary U.S. Olympians Will Bring Food To China” a story in the February 9, 2008 NYT reported that a caterer working for the US Olympic Committee, whose job is to feed the US athletes while they are in Beijing, did some local Beijing shopping in preparation for the Games and found a [...]

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Shake It Twice
A reporter submitted green tea as his urine specimen to 10 Hangzhou (China) hospitals, then sat back and waited for his results. Six hospitals determined he had an infection, and five prescribed medicine totaling 1,300 RMB – in today’s money market, nearly $180 USD. Expensive tea. A spokesperson for the [...]

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