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American Mega-Chain Squashes Chinese Small Business Owner’s Attempt at Capitalism


Well… not quite, but Kentucky Fried Chicken has taken legal action against three college students in Beijing who opened a restaurant featuring Barack Obama drawn as their iconic Colonel Sanders logo. KFC came under fire last year for sponsoring an Australian advertisement which featured a white man pacifying rowdy black cricket fans with fried chicken. While the Australian commercial was thought to reinforce a racial stereotype, this store seemed to really only remind us that all good internet content comes from China

 

World’s Worst Commutes


The results of IBM’s “Commuter Pain 2011″ survey, taken by asking people what city they commute in and how much it sucks (click the image to embiggen). Tough break for Mexico City, and will Montreal please stop looking so smug? You’re hurting Beijing and Shenzen’s feelings