okay, this is my last update today. seriously. anyway, there was this article in the chinese news that everyone was going crazy over as part of the rash of findings about poison in Chinese food, medicine, etc, that said that little dumpling places were putting cardboard in their dumplings because of a pork shortage. then, it was recently discovered that the article was a fake, based on a false videotape taken by a reporter. i still dunno about this, because i really would not put it past the chinese government to force a reporter to admit that something was a fake. its funny, not that i put such an amazing amount of faith in the american media, but here, since there is no freedom of the press, you absolutely cannot trust them. also, in response to the discovery that the article was a fake (if it was), dandan said that there was recently an article in the newspaper saying that it snowed in beijing a few days ago. she said that it was because of an old chinese saying about when there's a dishonesty, it snows. it's like, what?? how can the chinese media respond to a fake article with a piece of news that is obviously fake? do they have any concept of reality? sometimes i wonder.