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“‘My sister and I really want a cat. Our papa promises we can get one if we can get 1,000 likes'”
Hairyette Pawturr may be the first cat to find a home via Facebook thanks to a campaign by 7-year-old Remi and his 1-year-old sister Evelyn in the United States, writes Ingrid King on Conscious Cat. Their picture currently has 128,723 likes, 107,876 shares and the family have now adopted a tabby cat from the Ellen M. Gifford Cat Shelter.
Several months earlier, Google debuted its new crowd-sourced map of one of the most reclusive countries in the world, North Korea. Martyn Williams shared a video on his Youtube channel where Google Maps’ vice president talks about mapping North Korea.
The White House petition for the Zhu Ling case has received 137,676 signatures by May 8, 2013. Some web users have made light of the fact that Chinese have turned to an American petition site seeking justice. The following image shared on Sina Weibo is Obama in the Oval Office, which has been re-imagined as China’s Letters and Visits Office. CHINA MEDIA PROJECT has more details.
While Laura [Chinchilla] was talking, at one point he [Obama] turned and looked toward my direction. I took the opportunity and put on my best smile and raised my hat as a greeting. With my other hand I was holding his book over my chest. And you know what? He saw me. He said hello with his eyes. Either that or he was very amused with my hat.
Seeing Red in China has translated current affair commentator, Jia Jia's Chinese dream. Nowadays, most Chinese middle class want to see their daughters and sons going to the U.S and become Americans.
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