January 14, 2012

China's Communists REALLY Want the New iPhone

Paul Whitefield, Los Angeles Times

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With apologies to Simon and Garfunkel: "Where have you gone, Chairman Mao, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you." They rioted in the streets of Beijing on Friday. It was just the like the old days of the Cultural Revolution. Except this time the rioters weren't waving Mao's "Little Red Book.

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