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- 87 kg marijuana bust at Beijing airport [Danwei] "The front page of today's Beijing News features a photo of two Beijing airport customs officers, a passenger and the contents of his luggage: 87 kg of marijuana. According to the report, the man flew to Beijing from Lagos via Doha on March 2. He went though customs without his hold luggage. On March 3, he returned to the airport to pick up his overweight baggage, when his plastic-wrapped cargo attracted the interest of the customs officers."
- China Demands West Takes Responsibility for Imports' Carbon Footprint [ClimateBiz] "Speaking at a meeting of large polluters in Washington intended to deliver progress ahead of international talks in Copenhagen later this year, Li Gao said China should not pay for emissions arising from the manufacture of goods that are exported for use in rich nations. Speaking to the BBC, Li said any successor to the Kyoto Accord agreed in Copenhagen should recognize that rich countries are indirectly responsible for a large chunk of China's carbon emissions." A meeting of large polluters?
- Soldier's story a new look at Tiananmen crackdown [AP] "In bearing witness about his role in the military crackdown on the 1989 student demonstrations in Beijing, Zhang says he hopes to add momentum to calls for an investigation and reassessment of the protest movement — and to further its ultimate goal of a democratic China. 'I feel like my spirit is stuck there on the night of June 3,' Zhang, 40, said in an interview at his home in the dusty northern city of Tengzhou, referring to the date in 1989 on which the final assault began."
- Chongqing to construct world's tallest lighthouse [SCMP.com] "Bi Fangquan, director of the local bureau of the Yangtze River Administration of Navigational Affairs, told Xinhua it would build the structure on the riverbank for an estimated 10 million yuan (HK$11.4 million). The announcement sparked a furore in Chongqing because two similar, unfinished sightseeing towers in the city have been demolished in the past year because of a lack of funding."
- In blocking Coke, China sends chilling message [Reuters] "Instead, the ruling will fan fears that the ministry will rule not on narrow market-concentration grounds but on the basis of provisions in the law permitting it to consider China's national economic development and the protection of well-known brands."
- Seven Reasons for the Coke-Huiyuan Epic Fail [Silicon Hutong] "Just after the Ministry of Commerce announced that it had rejected Coca-Cola's bid for Chinese juice-maker Huiyuan, I got a message from a very astute friend of mine who noted "that deal was dead the minute it made the headlines in the South China Morning Post.""
- Fossil hints at fuzzy dinosaurs [BBC NEWS] "A discovery in China has prompted researchers to question the scaly image of dinosaurs. Previously, experts thought the first feathered dinosaurs appeared about 150 million years ago, but the find suggests feathers evolved much earlier."
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hahah, that drug bust looks so fake! the photo looks like an amateur photoshop hack. And why would someone import hash into China? There's already so much domestic hash for cheap...
87 kgs in one suitcase? I though international weight limit was 20kg? How much excess would you have to pay? World's worst smuggler.
I agree, the photo looks ridiculous! :D "Look what you did! Bad! Bad!"
And 1 person smuggling 87kg of drugs in an airplane is also very hard to believe..
He was probably picked up for dating a local girl and the drug charge came on top.