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[poliphilo]

On the Daily Telegraph site the jerky footage of a bloodied Gaddafi being roughed up by his captors is preceded (sponsored) by an advertisement for a car. 

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

China is such a very different society. I once proposed to myself that I would make a study of Chinese culture and history- and then I lost my nerve...

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

It is a richly rewarding field of study. I've dipped into ancient Chinese history and culture off-and-on for the past decade. One of the first hurdles is overcoming the official Chinese interpretation of their ancient history. After that, it gets challenging.