24 June 2008

global considerations


The July Marie Claire highlighted a few fascinating phenomenons in China & the Philippines that caught me off guard.

...Apparently housing shortages in the Philippines have forced impoverished families to live in cemeteries. They are sleeping on the tombs as if they were beds-


On Beijing- there is a new wave of Chinese concubines. A looking glass has shown an increase, or rather an establishment of older Chinese men taking wives half their age (some as young at 16/17) as second wives. Polygamy is an ancient practice in the Chinese culture that is estimated to have been taken ownership on by millions today. It is viewed as a status symbol to be able to support multiple wives, with many luxuries.





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