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ATM scams in China…this is how they do it

August 11th, 2008 · No Comments

银行因挂失电话冗长误事 赔偿客户1万元(图)_网易新闻中心 via kwout

Never deposit a huge wad of money in the bank machine, at least not in Guangzhou, and definitely not in front of strange men that you don’t know. The scam is interesting: Mr. Shu puts the money in, and just as he’s about to finish, a guy next to him says “you [...]

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The troubles in Weng’an and Jiang Jie He village: gangs, dams, mines, gambling, death

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

I was reading Southern Weekend’s investigation into the Weng’an region: the common wisdom now is that the problems didn’t begin or end with the June 28 incident, but that the latter was merely what happened when long simmering problems reached the boiling point. This report about a place called Jiang Jie He Village (瓮安县龙塘乡江界河村), where [...]

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Tags: China · violence

Movies I’ve watched: Cassandra’s Dream

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Is there any reason why Woody Allen should continue subjecting us to these morality tales? If you want to see the Abel and Cain-esque moral fallout that happens when two brothers once so close get in over their heads, you’d be better off watching “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,” with Ethan Hawke and Philip [...]

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Movies I’ve Watched: In Bruges

July 6th, 2008 · No Comments

In Bruges Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
If you take a cursory look at what the people on Rotten Tomatoes are saying you’d find htat most people have a generally positive take on this film, starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes. I don’t know if I could anymore that hasn’t already been said by [...]

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Sichuan officials punished for earthquake relief related issues

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Just saw this on Sina. In the city of Ya’An in Sichuan has “fired” three township level party
secretaries and given serious warnings to several other cadres. This was over irregularities
in how the relief efforts were coordinated and handled; for example, how things were
distributed, the speed and efficiency with the work was done, etc. The article [...]

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Jiaxing: Thieves in the ceilings

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

The title piqued my interest: a thief in Jiaxing had been living in the area above the ceiling of a hotpot restaurant, in an area that was almost 600 square meters and was also above a fast food restaurant and a noodle shop. Thus if he ever wanted to steal things, he had his pick [...]

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Anhui “white house” official linked with mysterious death is suspended from job

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

See that building above? That’s what people in the Yingquan district of Fuyang City in Anhui
province sarcastically call the “white house” and is the building wher ethe local government
does its work. The local party secretary is named Zhang Zhi’an and was one of the people
responsible for the construction of this building. Earlier this year, in [...]

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Criminals in the Bush administration: the unofficial list

January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Criminals In The Bush Administration « Suzie-Q via kwout

Read it to believe it. This is a list of all the criminals in the Bush administration. And they didn’t even include all of them. You can find the exact methodology and standard of inclusion from the link.

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