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Quote: Originally Posted by helical As it have been said before, Chinese people had facination with light skin tone for thousands of years. I think these type of article are written with a racist attitude that try to play up white people. Even if white people doesnt exist, Chinese people still value light skin tone as it represent a white collar class as oppose to labour class. For you westerners out there, dont mistaken the Chinese...

This is what happens with greed ..... China executes 2 for role in tainted milk scandal - Yahoo! News

As it have been said before, Chinese people had facination with light skin tone for thousands of years. I think these type of article are written with a racist attitude that try to play up white people. Even if white people doesnt exist, Chinese people still value light skin tone as it represent a white collar class as oppose to labour class. For you westerners out there, dont mistaken the Chinese motives... Wanting to have white skin, doesnt...

While this has persisted more longterm in Asia, throughout history, the preference for light skin as an indication of wealth was not limited to Asian countries. Why do you think women in the south a really long time ago wore sun bonnets and big hats? Because light skin was a status symbol, and if you got tan, then it looked like you worked outside, which was frowned upon. This has, of course, gone out with the trash long ago in the US, so...

“China is really quite an impressive, well-oiled machine in its ability to do large-scale things decisively,” Mr. Thornton said. I wish I could say the same thing about America. While China spends billions on green infrastructure projects and creating jobs, our government rewards failing companies like GM with bailout money and gives taxpayer money to Wall Street crooks. Meanwhile, unemployment in this country is over 10%.

Quote: Originally Posted by yuey Husband fights for compensation I sorta stopped reading after that. PC beats common sense. When they look at her name and her face, they see an Chinese lackey and Chinese lackey won't get a penny.

Quote: Originally Posted by yuey Husband fights for compensation I sorta stopped reading after that. Actually, that makes total sense to me. As an Australian ex-pat her earning power is much higher than that of a local Chinese, therefore the husband is entitled to a compensation based on lost earnings. A local Chinese with a degree might have an earning power in China of maybe $300,000 during her lifetime. While a foreigner from an...

yeah, I think people think that once they throw it out in the trash, it goes to a recycling center or garbage pile where things are shredded and then recycled but obviously not all the garbage makes it back and you see the consequences of it...

Are Maury and Connie Chung still married?

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Fate Noone ever tells in such a show how those so called lie detectors really work. They measure tension. Now tension does not only occur when someone is lying, it could potentially happen when the people are really stressed during the exam too. My conclusion: lie detectors are no reliable method to gauge if someone really lied. I dunno about this man, but whenever I see that detector trash on TV it irks me....