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This Ridiculous World » Beijing http://thisridiculousworld.com Foreign Commentary on China Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:42:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily episode 21 http://thisridiculousworld.com/china/stuff-people-ingest-voluntarily-episode-21-13082008/ http://thisridiculousworld.com/china/stuff-people-ingest-voluntarily-episode-21-13082008/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:00 +0000 Editors http://thisridiculousworld.com/2008/08/stuff-people-ingest-voluntarily-episode-24.html

]]> http://thisridiculousworld.com/china/stuff-people-ingest-voluntarily-episode-21-13082008/feed/ 4 The Spectacle: Beijing Olympics http://thisridiculousworld.com/china/the-spectacle-beijing-olympics-08082008/ http://thisridiculousworld.com/china/the-spectacle-beijing-olympics-08082008/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:14:00 +0000 Editors http://thisridiculousworld.com/2008/08/the-spectacle-beijing-olympics.html Look – over there!See the great flashes!The towers crimson!The showers golden!What wonder! What fashion!Are you looking?Are you amazed?Trust me! Please!This will all be a breeze!Why be afraid?Take in the show!Never mind what they say!And now, it’ll be quick,No pain but a prick!Let it all fade away… Oh, the greatest trick of all – with a nudge, point, and promise, arm around the shoulder, we are turned to the spectacle. Finally, we know why they invented fireworks – not to scare the ghosts away, but to divert their attention. “Hey, look at that!” they shout, and while we stand wide-eyed and gaping, eardrums dissolving and all hope of awareness eradicated, the n… Related posts:

]]> http://thisridiculousworld.com/china/the-spectacle-beijing-olympics-08082008/feed/ 0 When in China… Show Your Belly http://thisridiculousworld.com/china/when-in-china-show-your-belly-31072008/ http://thisridiculousworld.com/china/when-in-china-show-your-belly-31072008/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:07:00 +0000 Editors http://thisridiculousworld.com/2008/07/when-in-china-show-your-belly.html Forbidden City. At least he’s wearing pants. Not gone are the hot summer days when old men slip down to their tighty-whiteys and join their friends for evening mahjong matches on the sidewalk, a common occurrence in city neighborhoods all over China. Or, after a dinner of spice and numbing pepper corns, the man at the ta… Related posts:

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