Tag Archive 'Chinese'

Would you vote for sticky rice?

Posted by Moonage on 27 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Political Correctness

This is amusing, and stupid.
Galvin says the federal Justice Department is pressuring Boston election officials to translate candidates’ names into Chinese characters in precincts with prominent Chinese-speaking populations.
But there’s more than a little lost in translation, according to Galvin.
The article goes on to point out the problems converting names to Chinese encounters such as Mitt [...]

10 Most Polluted places in the world

Posted by Moonage on 19 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: International Issues

Livescience ran a fairly brief article on the 10 Most Polluted Places in the World.  Without further ado, here they are in alphabetical order by country:

Linfen, China, where residents say they literally choke on coal dust in the evenings, exemplifies many Chinese cities;

Haina, Dominican Republic, has severe lead contamination because of lead battery recycling, a [...]