Meanwhile in Beijing....
Li Gongjian's adopted four year old daughter was murdered in October 2000. Her killer was found guilty and faced the death sentence, but after other crimes (including property damage) were taken into account he received the more lenient sentence of ten years. Li Gongjian was not pleased at this turn of events and refused to hand the girl's body over for cremation, opting instead to hang onto it himself. A few days ago he tied the corpse to the top of a billboard to protest against the injustice of it all...
via Shanghaiist.
[Music - Nick Cave]
via Shanghaiist.
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3 Comments:
Sheesh ... is that what they're counting as an internet funny in China?
Maybe 'cos I just got up I don't know. Once I read a piece in a barber shop about a kid who got swiped from parents on holiday and they found his pic on a perv site on the net (they never found the kid). I remember having an extreme physical reaction - my stomach literally turned in horror. I remember it 'cos same thing happened here - that little story is so sad and pathetic on so many different levels. Sure takes all the cheeky post-modern fun outta corporate adbusting though don't it?
I don't know anyone on the Shanghai website but it did seem to be an odd take on the story.
Just be thankful it hasn't been picked up as a meme. Can you imagine that little red bundle photoshopped hanging off the walls of everywhere from Minas Tirith to WalMart...
uugghhh...
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