Here comes the third Internet pop phrase of the year 2008: "I'm here to do push-ups (我来做俯卧撑的)." Strangely enough, it has nothing to do with the exercise, but to do with the Weng'an (瓮安) Riot.
Large-scale riot happened in Wengan County, Southwestern China's Guizhou Province on June 28th. Anger over a probe into a schoolgirl's death exploded into violent protests.
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 Delicate toe fossil bones seen left from a 40,000-year-old human in China are indicative of habitual shoe-wearing.
A previous study of anatomical changes in toe bone structure had dated the use of shoes to about 30,000 years ago. Regular shoe use may have become common by 40,000 years ago, but "we still have no [additional] evidence from that time period—one way or the other," scientist Erik Trinkaus said.
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 Under a national law, Japanese companies and governments must now measure the waistlines of local people between the ages of 40 and 74 - about 44 percent of the entire population. Those exceeding government limits — 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women, will be given dieting guidance...
Japan, a country not known for its overweight people, has undertaken one of the most ambitious campaigns ever by a nation to slim down its citizenry.
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A mobile phone advert apparently portraying Barack Obama as a monkey has provoked a new row about racial depictions of the Democratic candidate. The word “change” features prominently on screen and on posters in the crowd, leading to complaints that the animal is a depiction of Mr Obama, whose campaign slogan is “Change We Can Believe In”.
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On June 21, the Mainichi Daily News was forced to shut down its infamous WaiWai column, in response to increasing public criticism for “being too vulgar and debauching Japan by sending around the world information that could be misunderstood,” according to the news site’s apology.
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