Archive for the ‘Global Post’ tag
ARTICLE: Selling Nuts with Sex in Taiwan (w/ Video)
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HSINCHU, Taiwan — A magazine here is catching flak for touting scantily clad betel nut vendors as a tourist attraction.
The minor flap has renewed debate over a unique but controversial part of Taiwan’s pop culture.
Betel nut, a mild stimulant, is enjoyed across Asia. But only in Taiwan is the nut sold by fetching young women in outrageous outfits, perched in neon-lit, see-through roadside stands.
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The article includes a link to an interesting YouTube video on the subject:
LINKS:
Global Post
YouTube
ARTICLE: Kidnapping in China
FIRST 3 PARAGRAPHS:
HONG KONG, China — In November, kidnappers seized 11-year-old Chen Hao in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. The captors demanded 1 million yuan, or $146,000, for the boy’s return. His distraught parents agreed to pay part of the ransom up front. But their actions were not enough and the next day Hao’s dismembered body was discovered.
A month earlier, 11-year-old Yi Yichen was kidnapped and murdered, his body dumped in the sea.
Such grisly crimes have anxious residents of Shenzhen pressuring police to crack down. The Chinese boom town, just north of Hong Kong, has seen child kidnapping cases surge in recent months.
LINKS:
Global Post: Colum Murphy
