DEPARTURE OF CHINESE DISSIDENT DELAYED Bureaucratic Bottlenecks for Exit Permits and U.S. Visas Beijing, China May 5th, 2012 (SHK) Chen Guangcheng, presently China’s most popular dissident because he is both illiterate and blind, has hit another roadblock in his attempt to leave the country. American and Chinese negotiators worked late into the night at the [...]
CHINESE CHESS CHAMP STILL THE WORLD’S BEST Feminists See Huge Gains for Women Ahead Beijing, China November 28th, 2011 (SHK) Hou Yifan, the 17-year-old chess grandmaster from Xinghua, China, retained the title of Women’s World Chess Champion Friday by beating Humpy Koneru, the best Indian woman ever to play the game. “I’m very excited to [...]
RADIOACTIVE “HOTSPOTS” FOUND IN TOKYO Japanese government cautions Tokyo residents not to panic Tokyo, Japan October 20th, 2011 (SHK) A private citizens group created to test for radioactivity in Tokyo warned today that Japan’s capital had far higher concentrations of radioactivity than the government previously disclosed. According to Takeo Hayashi, a janitor at the Tsukiji [...]
CHINA’S WEALTH FUELS NEW MARKETS Personal Mistresses and Pig Snouts Top the List Beijing, China September 14th, 2011 (SHK) China’s rapid economic growth has become the Eighth Wonder of the World. Where Japan once captured our attention, today it is China. But the country’s new wealth comes at a price. Railway minister Sum Tingwong was [...]
JAPAN NAMES NEW PRIME MINISTER But he comes from the same clique of old cronies Tokyo, Japan September 8th, 2011 (SHK) The Democratic Party of Japan late last week announced the selection of Yoshihiko Noda as the country’s new prime minister to replace the outgoing, ineffective Naoto Kan. “In its wisdom,” said Naoto Okashi, leader [...]
BATTERIES CHARGING MORE NOW New Cars, Digital Gadgets Drive Utility Costs Higher Santa Clara, CA June 6, 2011 (SHK) The Leaf, Nissan Motor Company’s new all-electric zero-emission tiny-car that debuted recently and is now available to American consumers, has been hailed as the best way to beat climate change. With an 80kW synchronous motor, it [...]
WORLDWIDE PANIC OVER GEIGER COUNTERS Unit Prices Rise, Stock Prices Soar New York, NY, April 18th, 2011 (SHK) RayBan® Technologies Co. Ltd., the world’s dominant manufacturer of Geiger counters, said today that demand for their most popular product, the battery-operated Little Giant XP-3 Starbeam Detector™ , was out of control. According to RayBan spokesman Jeff [...]
BOEING LAUNCHES 747 SUPER JUMBO New Jetliner to Seat 500 Passengers Seattle, WA April 11th, 2011 (SHK) The Boeing Corporation today announced a successful test flight for its new 747-8 Super Jumbo. Its longer non-stop range is expected to be offset by longer boarding times to accommodate twice as many passengers as previous 747 versions. [...]
JAPAN’S GOVT ADVOCATES TOTAL EVACUATION OF MAIN ISLAND All 100 million Japanese to be relocated from Honshu Tokyo, Japan, March 19th, 2011 (SHK) The Foreign Ministry of Japan today announced the most massive migration movement in human history. Migration options are to be decided by the largest lottery in Japan’s long history. “This is an [...]
CALIFORNIA SHEARS OFF AT SAN ANDREAS FAULT Once America’s Largest State, now a Floating Island in the Pacific Las Vegas, Nevada, March 13th (SHK) The worst earthquake to hit Japan in more than a century unleashed a powerful tidal wave that struck California so violently it broke off from its straight-edge borders with Nevada, Arizona [...]
