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Faces Of Agony: Pictures Of Deputies Clinging To Life At National People’s...
"Merciful God, kill me now." More Faces of Near-Death — all via China Daily — after the jump. "Shit fuck balls cunt shit fuck balls..." "I'm going to fire my stylist." "Hey, um... down in front?" "Bob,...
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Because If You Can’t Laugh A Little, What The Hell Are You Really Doing?
Original photo by Reuters’ Jason Lee.
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The Dragon Eats Its Own Tail: China Daily’s Slideshow Via Xinhua Of Reporters...
"All together now: Cheeeese!" This is so rich. "Oh my God, quick, it's Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia Xie Xiaoyan!" "Fuck your SLRs. My point-and-click rules!" "You, sir, are one good-looking midget."...
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NPC Meeting Update: Miraculously, No One Has Died Yet, Though We Really Can’t...
Via Ministry of Tofu Overheard at the National People’s Congress: - Is he dead yet? - Mmm. - Is he dead? - I think so. - How can you tell? - I don’t know. - Check if he moves. - None of them move! - I...
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China’s Long National Nightmare, The Annual CPPCC Meeting, Concludes Today
“Highlights” from the 2012 Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference are after the jump. I just want you to know I nearly lost an eyeball to my own prying fingers while compiling this. Unless...
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Look Who’s In Town For The 12th CPPCC National Committee, Which Began Yesterday
Hey look, a Mo Yan sighting. It looks like the floodgates have opened as far as interviews, too. It wasn’t long ago that his first interview since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature was published...
View ArticleWatch Your Favorite Foreign China Correspondents Speak Chinese At The NPC And...
The Two Sessions is upon us once again, “formulat[ing] policies that have significant impact on the world, foreign experts say,” according to Xinhua. You know what else foreign experts say? Watch the...
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Hu Jintao Might Be Masturbating Under The Desk In This Photo
Few will accuse Hu Jintao of being photogenic (note: some have tried), but the above picture takes the cake. By Jason Lee of Reuters, captioned via Yahoo: “An attendant serves tea to China’s President...
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Hangzhou Mayor And NPC Delegate Shao Zhanwei Reportedly Dies Of Heart Attack...
The Xinhua News Agency is reporting that sources say Hangzhou mayor Shao Zhanwei, a deputy at the 12th National Party Congress, died of a “sudden illness” in Beijing this morning. All other details...
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Outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao’s Final NPC Speech Was Boring Even For NPC Standards
Wen Jiabao gave his final speech before the National People’s Congress on Tuesday among a crowded room of delegates, then bowed three times to the audience and took his leave. At the end of the 12-day...
View ArticleReporter Asks Emotional Three-Minute Question About The Environment, Receives...
The environment is everyone’s concern, because we all live under the same sky — in Beijing, often a dark, dirty one, rife with health hazards. It’s our collective duty to take care of it, but what can...
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NPC Delegate Zhong Nanshan: What Good Is The World’s Highest GDP If The...
Although the skies were conveniently blue for the first day of the National People’s Congress on March 5, by the next day the AQI was already creeping back above 300. In an interesting twist, a...
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Gauche Graft: Official Corruption And Conspicuous Consumption
It’s the political season in China, with the dual National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) swinging into annual two-week sessions. The period is...
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Japanese Reporter Attends NPC With Different Hair Statement Every Year
Thought the Oscars and the 12th National People’s Congress had nothing in common? Think again. This week, as movie stars were making fashion headlines at the biggest film event in the world, a...
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