Sinodrom

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:06:50 +0800

Hello there, Well - first I had some problems with loading the NY Times website (perhaps bad luck), and than got the 'Log In Now' screen. Actually, I'm not used to seeing it (somehow I had never seen it before!) and I freaked out :) So I logged on to the NYT main page, and from there found my way to the article. (That's actually quite weird - why does NY Times need the whole log in thing, if you can 'walk around it'?). Oh, by the way - I'm in Poland, so no censorship stuff involved ;) Yes, yes - you're right about the NY Times story! It's the previous Shanghaiist entry I was referring to (Corpses On Parade), where Shanghaiist was writing about the corpse exhibition, and didn't mention the fact, that it was the 'von Hangens thing' and the exhibition featured his plasticized (in Dalian) corpses. The Dalian factory is owned by von Hagens (冯·哈根斯) and from what I know, there is just the 'Dalian-von-Hangens' exhibition touring around China... So all the previous 'corps stories' at your site were all referring to the creations made by von Hanges' company. By the way - maybe instead of removing the link, you could title it in a different way than 'Chinese copycat' (if I remember!), because it's not a Chinese rip-off - it's also by von Hagens. And if you could update the Corpses On Parade entry, adding that the company is owned by von Hages - that should settle it. Although you do have some comments, which aren't far from the truth, I think it would be great if you could just clarify the hole thing. Just in case anyone is curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_Von_Hagens http://www.koerperwelten.de/en/gunther_von_hagens.html info about him at his own website, where you can read that: In 2001, he founded a private company, the Von Hagens Dalian Plastination Ltd., in Dalian, China (冯·哈根斯生物塑化(大连)有限公司) So, to sum up, every corps-related story (this year at least;) ) is about the von Hagens guy, and his Dalian factory. Sorry for the chaotic style, it's late in Poland and it's been ages since I last wrote in English! Oh, actually von Hagens wanted to open the factory here in Poland, but due to the WW 2 experience with Nazi concentration camps, people didn't let him do it. The fact that he's German and his father was in the SS definitely doesn't help him! PS Shanghaiist is great, keep up the good work!

Bliss

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:35:34 +0800

Hi Sinodrom, The link works fine here--and no other complaints from others I've asked to test it out. What happened when you clicked on it? Just wouldn't load at all? I removed the link we previously included on the older post on plastination. Didn't mean at all to imply that body plastination was a Chinese thing, as the NY Times story makes it pretty clear the entire cadaver industry in China stems from the von Gunther exhibit, and perhaps those trying to copy his plastination idea.

Sinodrom

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:04:50 +0800

The link you've put doesn't work, here's the right one - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/business/worldbusiness/08bodies.html?ex=1155182400&en=95ad4ada9eba77c5&ei=5087%0A. Shanghaiist is great, but when it comes to some of the posts, you seem not to have been precise enough. First of all, the link you point to as the 'Chinese copycat' is actually an article which is also about the works of Gunther von Hagens! It's just that Zat Liu didn't mention it in his text - as a result people might consider body plastination a 'Chinese thing'. Most of the visitors don't read the comments...

Shanghaiist: 'Organ donor' takes on a whole new meaning

Sinodrom

Bliss

Sinodrom