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Britain
UK official caught in Chinese honeytrap
2008-07-20
I wonder what Gordon Brown's top aide had on that Blackberry that was stolen while he danced and drank in the sleazy Shanghai bar disco.

The tube, Shanghai -- you name it, we'll turn it over to the chinese. Or to jihadis. Whoever ....
Posted by:lotp

#2  This reminds me of the utterly bizarre Klaus Kinski movie, Fruits of Passion, supposedly set in Shanghai.

Best watched with a mild case of the flu, and a belly full of port wine.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-07-20 09:56  

#1  From wiki -
The verb "to shanghai"

The verb "to shanghai" joined the lexicon with "crimping" and "sailor thieves" in 1850s.[15] The most widely accepted theory of the word's origin is that it comes from the Chinese city of Shanghai, a common destination of the ships with abducted crews.[1][15] The term has since expanded to mean "kidnapped" or "induced to do something by means of fraud."[16]

So, his Blackberry was shanghaied. YJCMTSU :)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-07-20 09:38  

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