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This is why ancient Chinese ladies were SKINNY!

Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 11:42PM / Members only

Few days ago, I went to Yangzhou and visited the famous Ge Garden. A family used to live there in Qing dynasty.
As you can see, it is a very nice place to live in.

But what impressed me the most was not its beauty. Let's take a look at this.
See that gap on the wall? It's actually a DOOR! The guide told us that behind that door was a stair to the daughter's bedroom. I know that ancient Chinese ladies didn't go out of their bedrooms until the day they got married. But THIS door looks far to narrow for a normal human to enter. Therefore, I guess, in order to avoid getting stuck in the doors on their marriage day, ancient Chinese ladies MUST keep themselves skinny.

I'm so glad we have abandoned this weird tradition though :p

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Daniel Wu’s McDonald’s Poster (FAKE)吴彦祖麦当劳广告（假）

Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009 11:02PM / Members only

Approximately 1000 years ago, ancient Chinese in Tang dynasty favored chubby figures.

唐朝时，人们以胖为美

So, if both Daniel Wu and McDonald’s existed in ancient China, this is what his McDonald’s poster might look like:

所以，如果唐朝有吴彦祖和麦当劳的话，这可能是他给麦当劳做的广告：
Well of course Daniel is not this fat! This is merely for entertainment!
当然他并没有这么胖，这只是娱乐大众的 ^^
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CNN: China only trails U.S. in billionaires

Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 5:58PM / Members only

I was so surprised when I saw this article. At least to me, it seems pretty objective. Since the western press rarely say positive things about China, this article does show a slight change in their attitudes. Luckily, maybe a couple of years later, foreigners won't think of Chinese as the Governmental machines anymore. And we DON'T KILL BABY GIRLS!!!

Here's the original passage:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/china.billionaires/index.html

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China ranks second only to the United States in the number of billionaires, according to an annual report of the 1,000 richest people in the country.

The Hurun Rich List counted 130 billionaires in China this year, up from 101 a year ago and none in 2003.
An additional 825,000 people had personal wealth of more than $1.5 million, said Rupert Hoogewerf, an accountant who has compiled the list since 1998.
"You can double the real number of billionaires in China to 260," said Hoogewerf in a statement. "There are still a large number of billionaires off the radar screens."
Often, wealthy people in China try to avoid the scrutiny of tax authorities by keeping their finances private.
The man who topped the list last year, for example, is under arrest for alleged financial irregularities.
The most prominent dropout from the list is injured Houston Rockets basketball player Yao Ming, whose fortune was valued at $100 million last year.
The list indicates that China's wealthy have been buffered from the global financial meltdown, which has tycoons in other countries reeling.
A separate list, released in June by Capgemeni SA and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, found that China's economy grew by 9 percent last year, even as the United States and Europe slipped into recession.
That list found that the combined riches of China's millionaires surpassed that of the United Kingdom's.
Most business owners who made the Hurun list -- both as billionaires and millionaires -- made their fortune in real estate and related industries as China has undergone dizzying urbanization.
The construction ministry estimates that the country's urban population will increase by 300 million people by 2025.
Few of those making the list relied on exports to Western economies.
But the richest man in China this year, Wang Chuanfu, jumped 102 places to the top after billionaire U.S. investor Warren Buffett agreed to buy a 10 percent stake in his company.
Buffett's announcement sent shares in Wang's company, BYD, surging 387 percent this year.
The company initially made its name with rechargeable cell phone batteries, but this year launched mass production of a plug-in hybrid electric car.
Other highlights from the list:
Less than 1 percent on the list inherited their wealth, compared with 25 percent in the United Kingdom and 35 percent in the United States.