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2005-04-05 Iraq-Jordan

Saddam's Chinese laborers: interred in prison they built

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Posted by Dar 2005-04-05 2:15:19 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 what are you trying to do, Dar?...embarrass the MSM.

Posted by Whemble Hupens3889 2005-04-05 2:41:51 PM|| 2005-04-05 2:41:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Article: Cantonese is scribbled on the walls of many cells.

This writer is embellishing - trying to show off his (probably non-existent) expertise about both Iraq and China. The written forms of Cantonese, Mandarin and all of the spoken Chinese languages are identical in appearance. There is *no* way of differentiating between them. (There is such a thing as the distinction between "simplified" vs "traditional" characters, but either Cantonese or Mandarin can be written in either character set). As regards to the laborers being Cantonese (i.e. from the Chinese province of Guangdong - formerly anglicized as Canton), that is also unlikely given that Canton is the richest province in China, and construction workers are typically recruited from areas outside Canton, typically from central China.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-04-05 4:18:20 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-04-05 4:18:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 ZF--Thanks for the info! Very interesting--

Posted by Dar 2005-04-05 9:11:40 PM|| 2005-04-05 9:11:40 PM|| Front Page Top

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