obama killed osama.
China bans Time Travel….. .movies
China laying the hammer down…. again.
Her name is Kang Eunju(강은주). She attends Shin Hung Kindergarten in Hamhung(함흥) City in North Korea. She is playing a tune from a children’s movie called the “Boy Commander”.
“Our Kindergarten Teacher” - DPRK Classic.
This is unreal. A South Korean matchmaking company claims it has found the “ideal” marriage partner for Kim Jong-un, the 27 year old son of, and likely successor to, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Get this though: she’s Korean-American!
Although the company claims the match is a publicity stunt, the owner of the company has said, “one of our greatest hopes as a company is establishing a branch in Pyongyang,” the capital of North Korea.
As for the girl who was selected, this was her response to the news:
“I felt proud to be selected. I thought, ‘Cool. It means you’re in the elite.’ If he was South Korean, he’d be in the top 1 percent of the men.”
I wonder if she thinks it would be “cool” to be married to the son of one of the world’s most monstrous tyrants?
Norman Bethune still revered in China.
70 years after Canadian doctor, humanitarian and medical inventor, Norman Bethune, died in China while volunteering as a battlefield surgeon, he is still one of the most respected foreigners in modern Chinese history.
In a recent speech, one of the most powerful and respected politicians in China, Bo Xilai, the Secretary of the CPC Committee of Chongqing, the largest municipality in the world in terms of land area and population (over 31 million), quoted a famous essay by Chairman Mao entitled “In Memory of Norman Bethune”. From memory he recited passages like:
What kind of spirit is this that makes a foreigner selflessly adopt the cause of the Chinese people’s liberation as his own? It is the spirit of internationalism, the spirit of communism, from which every Chinese Communist must learn.
Bo was awarding a group of doctors from Chongqing, and with his recitation he presented them with a statue of Bethune.
Mao’s essay, “In Memory of Norman Bethune”, is a mandatory part of the school curriculum in China and all students are required to memorize it. As such, whenever Chinese people meet a Canadian, they all invariably mention Norman Bethune. Ironically, a much lower percentage of Canadians know who he is.
According to National Geographic the most typical human being on earth is a 28-year-old Han Chinese male. There are 9 million of them. Not surprisingly, China scores the top spot for both nationality (19% of people are Han Chinese) and language (13% of people speak Mandarin as their first language).
JR is an incredible French Street Artist who we have been following for years. He recently won the TED 2011 Prize so he is now starting to finally get his proper shine. His style, creativity and energy have been a huge influence on us here at apg3.tv so we urge you to dig up as much as you can find on this guy because you will not regret it.
Beijing to track citizens with their cellphones.
It doesn’t get more Orwellian than this. Beijing authorities will soon be able to track the movements and precise location of every cellphone user in the city (that’s 17 million people!). Ostensibly to prevent traffic congestion, the government will send text messages to people who are in overcrowded areas and suggest alternative routes. Of course, this technology is also useful for detecting the formation of protests, which the government is terrified of, especially after the eruption of recent unrest across the Middle East.
The thought of the government knowing and tracking the every move of millions of people is disconcerting in the extreme…oh, and since people must be registered with the authorities to activate their cellphones, the government will not only know where they are at all times but WHO they are as well! For those in Beijing who want to continue to avail themselves of this basic and indispensable communication technology, kiss your privacy goodbye!!
