"Yikes! I Might Be...Militia!"
Wired reports that climbers on Mount Everest’s south side are surreptitiously blogging a standoff with Nepalese soldiers ahead of China’s Olympic torch run on the opposite side of the mountain next week. More incredibly, the magazine reports, one blogger “saw lots of military staff and one solider carrying a very sophisticated sniper type of [...]
What is Sniper’s Role at Mount Everest?
April 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments
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Chinese Bullies Accompany Olympic Flame
April 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Writer Anthony Browne opines about China being “the real master of the universe” in an article published in the UK’s Daily Mail today. While addressing many topics, the one discussed in the paragraph below caused me to pause and reflect:
What would those Victorian masters of old have made of the fact that Chinese security [...]
Tags: · anthony browne, China, chinese, chinese security, chinese security men, Daily Mail, London, master of the universe, masters of old, streets of london, uk, uk daily mail, victorian, victorian masters
