There’s been some debate as to whether former US Ambassador to China and current GOP candidate John Huntsman actually speaks Mandarin Chinese or not. Well we’ve uncovered the shocking truth…
Chinese artist and protester Ai WeiWei, who was recently jailed for 81 days without any charges, has received over $800,000 in donations from people to help him pay a tax bill of $2.4 million. Mr. Ai has claimed the tax bill is government harassment and the donation represent the people’s feelings about how the government has treated him. So far, 18,829 people have donated to his cause after it was announced via social media. Meanwhile, a state-run newspaper suggested that Mr. Ai be charged with “illegal fundraising,” and internet search terms relating to donations have been censored. Mr. Ai is thanking donors by sending them porcelain sunflower seeds which were a part of his London art installation at Tate Modern.
Well… not quite, but Kentucky Fried Chicken has taken legal action against three college students in Beijing who opened a restaurant featuring Barack Obama drawn as their iconic Colonel Sanders logo. KFC came under fire last year for sponsoring an Australian advertisement which featured a white man pacifying rowdy black cricket fans with fried chicken. While the Australian commercial was thought to reinforce a racial stereotype, this store seemed to really only remind us that all good internet content comes from China.
Video editors on Rick Perry’s campaign should really get their Asian countries straight when subliminally associating Barack Obama with China. Last time I checked, Japan was not the big bad face of job outsourcing and human rights violations that presidents don’t want to be viewed as supporting.