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So…the story is that there was thought to be a story, when in fact there’s no story?
Or the news is that there’s no news?
…Or something….
Where’s weirdo? Probably doing a Hefner with his “pleasure squad” and laughing at all you ESL playboys
Seriously though (sort of), even some Chinese are apparently disgusted by the situation in N.K.:
http://www.dailynk.com/english.....p;num=1032
(The first photo and caption is really funny)
Just sent this one in to Taranto. It’s a perfect “Bottom Story of the Day” methinks.
Michael (#2): sure, Chinese bloggers and everyday folks are, but alas, they don’t (necessarily) speak for the PRC government…. (Unless the fact that those comments are online at all means the censors are tolerating this kind of dialogue.)
Judging by that first photo, there are North Korean hippies slumming it on the banks of the Yalu River!
I meant the second photo, the first one in the set of NK photos.
If Chinese bloggers feel that it’s safe to leave comments criticizing NK, does this mean that the CCP’s mood has palpably changed towards the Norks? Certainly, news stories over the last month or two have been suggesting that even China is getting fed up with Kim’s antics now.
But I don’t know much about the realities of Chinese blogging, so take what I wrote for what it’s worth, which isn’t much.