Wherein the Chinese know the best news is independent news. Growing up I dreamed of being a journalist, even going so far as to create a family and neighborhood “newspaper” (hand written and illustrated by moi) and distributing it in a “vending machine” (a cardboard box, colored red with crayon and with a window cut … Read More
China
Take My Breath Away
Wherein the ancient Chinese know nothing is as breathtaking as elephant bile oral care products. Bad breath—comics and cartoons feature a multitude of ways to demonstrate the painful effect halitosis can have on others: flowers shriveling and dying as a person breathes on them; faces puckering as people inhale the stench; even stink fumes gushing … Read More