Chinese Paparazzi Syndrome and other cool discoveries I've made about China
July 31st 2009 I'm sitting in the airport at Hong Kong, in transit and with little to do. This is when I realise that I've left out a few cool things I've discovered about China since I arrived here two weeks ago. Here goes some rambling…
1. The Chinese character for "Internet" is a box with two crosses inside it (see photo). Why? Because it look like a net.
2. Coolest coincidence in the universe: "Coca-Cola
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more 
