Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wang Ding's White Blur
Should have seen this one coming - the Yangtse River Dolphin isn't extinct after all - at least according to a Chinese state stooge who rejoices in the name Wang Ding. The announcement of the creature's extinction - on the very same day that China was hoping to hog the news agenda with the fact that there was precisely one year to go to the start of the Beijing Olympics (hold the front - no back -page) - was taken as a slight on the Glorious People's Republic, no doubt inspired by running dogs, reactionary lickspittles and suchlike. Next thing we know, Wang Ding has video footage showing a white blur in the distance, and the Yangste River Dolphin - a victim, of course, of massive industrial pollution - is no longer officially extinct. Wildlife is, like everything else in China, a tool of the state. Every giant panda in the world is in fact the property of the Chinese state. The crowd-pleasing cuties had better not be getting any ideas about panda autonomy...
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A blog about, among other things, imaginary ideas - What ifs? and Imagine thats. What if photographs looked nothing like what we see with our eyes? Imagine that the Berlin Wall had never come down. What if we were the punchline of an interminable joke? All contributions welcome.
Bastard, I was going to blog on that you running dog of the imperialist oppressors.
ReplyDeleteIs the latest on the Yangtse River Dolphin yet another case of a Chinese 'recall'?
ReplyDeleteEat my dust, revisionist lackey Appreyald.
ReplyDeletehold on, hold on, where's the love? You can BOTH be imperialist lackeys, there's no need to squabble! There's plenty to go round!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget, the Chinese state not only owns all life, it owns the human soul too. i don't think even Capitalism tried for that one, or at least didn't make it explicit?
Nicely brokered, Elberry. For my part, I am content to be a running dog of the imperialist oppressors. Give peace a chance is what I say.
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