09 May 2009
Chinese officials obliged to smoke

It's true: gradually, worldwide, we are reaching a state where everything that is not forbidden is mandatory. And some things will be both...

The Chinese county of Gong'an has launched a novel way of injecting funds into local coffers: it is ordering officials and teachers to smoke only the homegrown Hubei brand of cigarettes.

(link) [The Register]

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