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Newborn baby rescued alive from toilet pipe

May 28, 2013 1:06 pm | Leave a Comment |

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Firefighters in eastern China have rescued an abandoned newborn baby boy lodged in a sewage pipe directly beneath a toilet, state television reported, in a case which has sparked anger on social media sites.

There are frequent reports in Chinese media of babies being abandoned, often shortly after birth, a problem attributed variously to young mothers unaware they were pregnant, giving birth to an unwanted girl in a society which puts greater value on boys, or China’s strict family planning rules.

In the latest case the infant was found in a sewage pipe in a residential building in Jinhua in the wealthy coastal province of Zhejiang on Saturday afternoon after residents reported the sound of a baby crying, state television said late on Monday.

Firefighters had to remove the pipe and take it to a nearby hospital, where doctors carefully cut around it to rescue the baby boy inside, the report said.

The child is in a stable condition and the police are looking for his parents, state television added.

The case has been widely discussed on China’s Twitter-like service Sina Weibo due to the graphic nature of the footage, with calls for the parents to be severely punished.

“The parents who did this have hearts even filthier than that sewage pipe,” wrote one user.

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5 great books on world travel

February 4, 2013 12:45 pm | Leave a Comment |

I read To a Mountain in Tibet, your new book, last night. It’s a different sort of travel book for you – a journey to Mt Kailash in western Tibet that was inspired by deaths in your family. What did you want to achieve with this book?

That journey, in part, was a kind of secular pilgrimage after the death of my father, mother and sister. One can’t explain why someone with agnostic tendencies such as myself should go to a mountain which is holy to others outside his tradition – moreover, all of the comfort that those in mourning are offered in the Christian tradition is denied in Buddhism and Hinduism. So it’s a very irrational journey, if one thinks of it as seeking intellectual or emotional comfort. I simply wanted to walk to an object of holiness in the landscape, and it seemed to me that Kailash was holy in itself, whatever that means.

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Chen Guangbiao, Chinese Millionaire, Sells Canned Fresh Air To Combat Pollution (VIDEO)

January 29, 2013 8:05 pm | Leave a Comment |

A Chinese millionaire is reportedly trying to capitalize on his native country’s worsening air pollution problem by selling canned fresh air.

According to a Sydney Morning Herald report this week, Chen Guangbiao, a philanthropist believed to be one of China’s richest individuals, has begun selling “fresh air in soft drink cans” for about 5 Chinese Yuan ($0.80) a pop.

The canned air reportedly comes in a variety of flavors, including “pristine Tibet” and “post-industrial Taiwan.”

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Dalai Lama Says Delhi Gang Rapists Should Not Be Executed, Death Penalty Not The Answer

January 24, 2013 9:56 pm | Leave a Comment |

One of the world’s most respected spiritual leaders has asked that mercy be shown in the case of the men accused of last month’s brutal gang rape and murder of a woman on a bus in New Delhi.During a panel discussion this week at the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, India, His Holiness the Dalai Lama touched on the controversial trial that began Thursday in the bustling Indian city.The five men on trial could be hanged if they are convicted, according to the Associated Press. The family of the 23-year-old victim, who succumbed to her injuries two weeks after the attack, have called for the execution of all the accused. But the Dalai Lama, during his appearance at the Jaipur festival, demurred. Read More…
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­Brad Pitt joins Chinese Twitter, hints at visit to communist state

January 7, 2013 2:48 pm | Leave a Comment |

Brad Pitt (AFP Photo / Nils Klinger)Hollywood star Brad Pitt is so popular in China that he has signed up for an account on the Chinese version of Twitter. His first post on Wiebo hinted that the actor may soon be visiting the communist state, drawing comments from thousands of users.“It is the truth. Yup, I’m coming,” a message posted on Pitt’s page on Sina Weibo read.The news of one of the world’s sexiest men planning to visit China was shared and quoted over 30,000 times and sparked a wave of comments, with thousands of surprised users expressing their excitement, AFP reported.It is unclear if Pitt meant that he would be visiting China, or if he was just marking his arrival on the microblogging website. Pitt’s account had already gained over 100,000 followers
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in the six hours following the first post.According to various film websites, Pitt was banned from entering China after starring in the 1997 movie ‘Seven Years in Tibet,’ based on the true story of the Austrian mountain climber who befriended the Dalai Lama while China began its occupation of Tibet. Beijing was reportedly angered by the film’s negative depiction of the Chinese.The Chinese government has long regulated and censored Internet activity in the country. Many popular sites such as Facebook and Twitter are blocked in China. … Read More

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Researchers Find New Mac Keylogging Trojan on Site About Dalai Lama

December 3, 2012 6:42 pm | Leave a Comment |

Now more hackable. (Photo: Monday Note)
Dockster is a recently discovered Mac-based malware program that functions as a keylogger, among other things. It’s also a trojan, which means it can hide on a host computer quietly recording every keystroke before it contacts a remote server for further instructions. Dockster is considered “low risk,” but it has been found embedded on gyalwarinpoche.com–a site dedicated to the Dalai Lama.
F-Secure confirmed the infection and reported that Tibetan sites appear to be frequent targets for similar exploits:
This is not the first time gyalwarinpoche.com has been compromised and it certainly isn’t the first time Tibetan related NGOs have been targeted.
Researchers also say that the Mac malware found on this and other Tibetan sites are “very unlikely to be encountered ‘in-the-wild’ by day to day Mac users.”
Don’t rest easy assuming these sneaky programs are isolated, state-sponsored efforts targeting one prominent figure or one beleaguered nation like Tibet. As illustrated by this April report from Kaspersky Lab on the SabPub Mac trojan, cyber attackers are finding their way into Macs for a wide variety of reasons. Mac holdouts who have abstained from downloading antivirus software may have some thinking to do. … Read More

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Elton John dedicates Beijing show to Chinese dissident

November 26, 2012 12:20 pm | Leave a Comment |

Pop-rock balladeer Elton John dedicated his Beijing show to Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei — a controversial move the artist said Monday was unlikely to make the nation’s cultural minders happy. After the Icelandic singer Bjork chanted “Tibet, Tibet” at a 2008 concert in…

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