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Official Flyer with details coming soon! The print sets are on 10×10 paper and edition of 50.
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Want your room to represent one of the greatest characters ever created in Japanese pop culture? Yes you do. We have three of the packs which include two larger Kitty sets and one that has 9 images. They’re up in the new items and don’t forget, you can use Paypal. How about that?! (Giant Robot Store – Blik Hello Kitty)
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We’ve heard the “Yellow Fever” term a lot and there’s even a film that touches upon it, but the promo for it just went even larger. Debbie Lum’s Seeking Asian Female film gets more traction with the This American Life segment. What could be better promo? (ThisAmericanLife – SAF)
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In January, following the appointment of the new government, there was a lot of talk of the changes that would come. Newsweek reported that there would be reforms to China’s labor camp system, the laojiao. The laojiaos made news in the US last December when a K-Mart shopper found a note from a labor camp worker in her Halloween decoration. Like a message in a bottle, it was a desperate plea for rescue. The note’s authenticity was questioned, and K-Mart issued a wag of the finger to any companies that used forced labor to make their bargain goods, but not a lot came out of it. Now its April, and the government has vowed to make reforms, but with few details offered, and big challenges facing real change. The laojiaos have become profitable, and China’s not interested in losing its foothold as the world’s cheap labor leader. Perhaps the biggest roadblock of all is finding an effective, humane, and efficient system for silencing political dissidents. Blocking access to Facebook is easy, but building a better Guantanamo… that’s another story.
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Thanks Jonathan Gold. Love you too. (Food and Wine – Jonathan Gold Sawtelle)
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