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Toking Up Has, Is, and Always Will Be an Inseparable Part of China

As the debate rages on about the implications of a 3600 year old Caucasoid mummy in Xinjiang, a team of international scientists has verified that the oldest stash of marijuana was excavated along with a 2,700 year old “light haired, blue-eyed” mummy near Turpan. According to an American pharmacologist (working, of course, with a Canadian [...]

Tabloid Backlash against New York Times Loulan Beauty Article

Some of you may have noticed about a week ago an article in the New York Times by correspondent Edward Wong titled, “The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn’t Care to Listen To,” about the famous preserved corpse uncovered in the Tarim Basin and dubbed the “Loulan Beauty.” So the Loulan Beauty looks European and [...]