Asian TV Stations Confuse Margaret Thatcher For Queen Elizabeth II, Meryl Streep; Plus Other Reactions, Tributes

Meryl Streep and Margaret Thatcher
All white people look the same -- paunchy with yellow hair -- so the news that a pair of Asian television networks committed two separate Thatcher-related mix-ups during their coverage of the former British Prime Minister’s death on Monday at the age of 87 should come as little surprise. The first, Taiwan’s CTi Cable, broadcast footage of Queen Elizabeth II greeting well-wishers instead of Thatcher. Like Lady Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth II is an 87-year-old British politician. Unlike Lady Thatcher, however, Queen Elizabeth II is a different person and had well-wishers to greet.

13-Year-Old Girl In Critical Condition After Father’s Errant Cigarette Burns Down House

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A young girl remains in critical condition in Dengzhou, Henan province after a house fire caused burns on 95 percent of her body. Yan Qianyu, 13, was injured when her father's lit cigarette triggerd a fire that completely ate up their home. Young Qianyu, instead of fleeing, reportedly searched for her, and as a result suffered awful injuries. Neither of her parents were seriously hurt.

In Chengdu, Scooter Thieves Get Caught, Completely Lose Their Minds

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A knife-wielding scooter thief's plan was foiled on the afternoon of March 24 in Chengdu, and like any reasonable criminal, he hopped into a black sedan and turned on crazy mode. Watch what happens in the video above. The thief and his companions must have had one hell of a conversation inside their getaway car:

North Korea’s War Posturing Continues As Kaesong Plant Closes, Warning Issued To Foreigners In South Korea

North Korea increases rhetoric
North Korea now apparently cares about foreigners, if its recent warning to those in South Korea is any indication. Via Reuters: North Korea warned foreigners in South Koreaon Tuesday to quit the country because they were at risk in the event of conflict, the latest threat of war from Pyongyang. …”We do not wish harm on foreigners in... Read more »

Margaret Thatcher’s Top Five China Moments

Margaret Thatcher visits the Aberdeen Housing Estate on December 20, 1984, accompanied  by housing official L.K. Chan (Bettmann/CORBIS)
Margaret Thatcher, the outspoken former Prime Minister who transformed Great Britain during her stewardship of the country from 1979 to 1990 and inspired the global conservative moment during her decade in power, died Monday from a stroke. Great Britain’s only woman prime minister, the so-called Iron Lady led the Conservative Party to three electoral victories in a streak that was the longest continuous period in office by a British premier since the early nineteenth century. Thatcher, 87, remained an extremely decisive figure in Great Britain despite stepping away from public office in 1990, continuing to provoke visceral emotional reactions and passionate debate on her native turf and throughout the Commonwealth.

PLA Senior Colonel Posts Delusional Reaction To H7N9, Calls It An American Weapon

Dai Xu PLA senior colonel H7N9 flu reaction
A senior colonel in the People’s Liberation Army apparently thinks the H7N9 avian flu virus is an American biological weapon unleashed for the suppression of the Chinese people, or something. As relayed by SCMP’s Patrick Boehler: “The national leadership should not pay too much attention to it,” Dai Xu, senior colonel with the People’s Liberation... Read more »