VP Cheney’s Speech At Radio and Television Correspondents Association Dinner (VIDEO): Biff- Hard to imagine Cheney as a successful comedian? Watch him here make fun of himself. It worked well with the crowd.
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The Taishi Village Elections (or How To Steal An Election, If You Must): Biff- A good roundup in point fashion for how it's done or been done in rural China or rural Taiwan.
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Why we must remember Allen Leung: Mr. Leung's death silenced one of the leading anti-Communists in San Francisco's Chinatown, one local called him "the backbone of anti-communism" (Epoch Times). ...Several community leaders, understandably afraid to reveal themselves, called Leung "an eyesore for the CCP" (Epoch Times), and his support for the island democracy of Taiwan was well known. Many believe "that the case involved political motivations." Biff- If true, it echoes David E. Kaplan's "Fires of the Dragon" about the Overseas Chinese version of the Cold War which took place in American Chinatowns between KMT and CCP operatives.
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Taiwan veterans seek young China brides: "We treat people from Taiwan nicely and with respect, but look at how they treat us?," said Tang Shulan, a native of China's Hunan province who came to Taiwan seven years ago. Biff- That's a fib... "Before I came, I was told Taiwan was a great place and I would live a good life. If I had known, I would not have come no matter how poor I was at home," said Tang, whose husband is 82. Biff- Another fib... "They made me so nervous and I felt as if I had committed some serious crime," said Yuan, who said she had travelled hundreds of miles to Taiwan to escape poverty in China. Biff- Finally, the truth... Yuan (43) and her 86-year-old husband live in a tiny room leased from the city government for $100 (57 pounds) a month and spend most of their days reading newspapers on a park bench. Their only source of income is his military pension. Biff- Now there's a lifestyle. Must be love...
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杭州女大学生卖淫案调查：卖身钱多被挥霍(图): 浙江省杭州市公安机关日前破获一通过网络组织介绍卖淫的特大犯罪团伙，令人吃惊的是，该团伙中相当一部分卖淫女竟然是在校的女大学生。有关教育专家认为，女大学生卖淫团伙的出现反映了当前大学生群体中金钱观念的扭曲和道德观念的沦落。Biff- More juvenile malarky on the public stage as official China pretends to emerge kicking and screeching from the Victorian age...
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China says it will close new Rolling Stone magazine: "They didn't go through the proper procedure," said Chen Li, director of the newspaper and magazine department with the Shanghai Press and Publication Department, where the magazine was published. "There will be no future Rolling Stone content in this magazine. There's no such thing as 'Rolling Stone.' " ..."I can tell you with absolute certainty, it's not true," said Hao Fang, chief editor of Rolling Stone China. "The second issue of our magazine should be on newsstands in April."
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China's home-grown tech firms: Despite China's image as the sweatshop of the world, the country's homegrown technology sector is beginning to bloom.
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China says it will close new Rolling Stone magazine: "They didn't go through the proper procedure," said Chen Li, director of the newspaper and magazine department with the Shanghai Press and Publication Department, where the magazine was published. "There will be no future Rolling Stone content in this magazine. There's no such thing as 'Rolling Stone.' " ..."I can tell you with absolute certainty, it's not true," said Hao Fang, chief editor of Rolling Stone China. "The second issue of our magazine should be on newsstands in April."
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China's home-grown tech firms: Despite China's image as the sweatshop of the world, the country's homegrown technology sector is beginning to bloom.
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