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Bill Clinton came from a little town called Hope. Chairman Mao sprung from the chili-eating village of Shaoshan, a place whose entire economy now relies on promoting its native son. So it's instructive to think for a moment of the rural district of Kepala Batas, home to Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The locals of Kepala Batas, located in western Malaysia's Penang state, consider Abdullah, whose ruling National Front coalition is contesting the March 8 general elections, a kindly, avuncular presence. But their real respect appears to be reserved for his father and grandfather, both...
...have much. What we have in excess is women. So if you want them, we can give a few of those to you, some tens of thousands.' MAO ZEDONG, former Chinese leader, attempting to barter the country's women during 1973 trade discussions with the U.S., according to a document released by the historian's office of the State Department...
...have much. What we have in excess is women. So if you want them, we can give a few of those to you--some tens of thousands.' MAO ZEDONG, former Chinese leader, attempting to barter the country's women during 1973 trade discussions with the U.S., according to a document released on Feb. 14 by the historian's office of the State Department...
...Year's gift of $70 in cash - one third of a month's salary. Their dinner table is loaded with such tasty holiday treats as lotus root, fresh shrimp and carp, and the hall is festively bedecked with red and gold banners. But Zang's sunburnt skin and his Mao suit and Lenin hat look slightly out of place in this smart Guangzhou hotel with its marble-lined lobby. And despite the generosity of his employer, he confesses, he'd rather be elsewhere - eating a traditional reunion feast with his family in Shanghe county, then maybe watching the New Year...
...came, Zhou preached the digital gospel, educating his pupils in the arts of establishing a blog, posting, taking digital photos and videos, using instant-messaging tools and sites like Flickr, Twitter and Skype - often working with people who had never even turned on a computer before. Isaac Mao, co-founder of Chinese site CNBlog.org, describes Zhou as someone who "represents the beginning of a new trend of Chinese Internet users ... It's brave for him to express his opinion on his blog...