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Sichuan Government Dispelled the Earthquake Rumor Earlier

May 15, 2008 – 11:40 pm

Here is a screenshot of a page in the Sichuan Government Website. It claims to have restored order and peace after successfully dispelled the rumor of an incoming earthquake.

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“You bear it rather well, don’t you?”

May 12, 2008 – 11:43 am

Another Caricature of the Ongoing Inflation from Kdnet.net

The words on the rock: Inflation

Bottom of the cliff: An official of certain ministry — Hey, you grassroots bear it very well, don’t you?

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Inflation in China

May 10, 2008 – 6:38 pm

There is a big inflation going on in China. While the salary didn’t increase much in the past few years, the prices of goods for daily consumption have soared, most noticeably for such things as rice, cooking oil and pork.

A picture is worth a a thousand words and there is one I came across on kdnet.net

1. Before the inflation

2. After the inflation

Caption: A Nation on Diet

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