Extra! Extra! Man-made snow, reeducation camps, and the TVCC tower

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Beijing had its earliest snowfall in a decade and - of course - it was because the Weather Modification Office decided to work its magic again, spraying clouds with 186 doses of silver iodide. It was to ease drought. [BBC]
While labor reeducation camps may have been de rigueur a couple decades ago, now it's kind of embarrassing to admit you have them around. Unfortunately, China has them around. [France24]
Oh really? NOW China is planning to repair that TVCC tower that was gutted by fire eight months ago. NOW. Allegedly, the building can "be repaired" and it won't be a "complete rebuilding." [WSJ]
Over 200 old people in Henan Province are in a conundrum - village officials reported their deaths 10 years ago to try to reduce official population figures, but now they can't get medical subsidies and government welfare until they can prove they're alive. [Shanghai Daily]
Unpopular education minister, Zhou Ji, has been dismissed from his position amid widespread public dissatisfaction with his education system. Mostly, they're annoyed by the chronic under-funding of primary and secondary levels, the poor-quality of higher educational systems, and the widespread plagiarism in universities, corruption, high fees and commercialization. [Straits Times]
The campaign against Chongqing's triad gangsters/politicians continue. So far, they've detained 1,544 suspects (including 100 core members of criminal organizations) and frozen 1.53 billiion yuan in assets. [Caijing]

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[1] | kimiik

That's not "di rigor" but "de rigueur" (of rigor).

Reply | November 2, 2009 9:53 PM

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