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Not that we were begging for yet another past-their-prime pop star to sing for us, but former Wings frontman Paul McCartney has made it very clear: He will not be playing any gigs in Shanghai -- or anywhere else in China -- any time soon. Why? Because people abuse animals in China, and government officials don't seem to care.
Why log your own trees when you can destroy another country's forests? Burma (or Myanmar) can't really complain about Chinese loggers illegally hauling away environmentally criminal amounts of trees in broad daylight as China -- for whatever reason -- provides protection and support against all of those pesky international accusations of widespread human rights atrocities. Nevermind that whole thing about Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Despite all of China's concern for cultivating and maintaining its rising international status, it's nice to know that Burma's oppressive military dictatorship has at least one very concerned friend in the world. Concerned indeed: