Thursday, November 29, 2012

Two of the Weirder Stories from Today's 'China Daily'

I love reading the China Daily, China's english language newspaper / propaganda rag.  Two stories from this morning stand out. 

The first story was headlined "7 Imprisoned in Kidney Trading Case".  It appears a Hunan teenager sold one of his kidneys in exchange for an iPad and an iPhone - they paper did not indicate what he previously traded his brain for.  A surgeon and a few others will do 5 years each.

The second story involved wild animal poaching and the consumption of exotic creatures in Chinese restaurants.  The acticle was not remarkable, but I now know that the market price for monkey brain is $115 a pound.

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