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KOREAN TV OBSESSION: MY LOVE FROM THE STAR

Korean TV drama My Love from the Star has proved a sensation in China. In every city, all over social media, fans of the drama have developed a cult-like dedication to the romance. The fans, mostly female, have become so engrossed that they have taken to imitating them in real life. In one episode, the female lead stated her favorite thing to do on a snowy day was to eat fried chicken and drink beer. Fans of the show soon revived China's poultry market. Since Korean dramas are regarded as idiotic and unrealistically juvenile, many fans are too ashamed to admit to this as a guilty pleasure, but claim they can't help falling under the program's spell. - WEIJING ZHU (祝伟婧)

A couple in Chongqing were together for two years. The woman loved to watch the Korean show My Love from the Star; so she called her boyfriend in the early morning, asking him to buy fried chicken and beer for her. The guy refused because he was too exhausted and the distance too long. The woman thought it unromantic that her boyfriend could not satisfy such a small request, so broke up with him on Valentine's Day. She's way too into the show! I haven't been this celebrity crazed for over a decade, it was because I had not met him yet [the male lead]. I am now a brain damaged fan that has become deeply hooked! Fortunately, I'm already married, otherwise I would never have been able to marry.

今晚网：重庆一对情侣相恋两年，女方因为喜欢看韩剧《来自星星的你》，凌晨打电话要男友买炸鸡和啤酒。男方因为上班太累、距离太远拒绝。女方觉得对方不够浪☒，连这些简单的小事都满足不了，于是在情人节提出分手要求。真是入戏太深啊！

daisy322美好生活：十几年不追星了，原来是我没遇见他。泥足深陷的脑残粉是我！幸亏相逢已嫁时，不然我肯定嫁不出去！

CCTV CRACKS DOWN ON DONGGUAN: WE ARE ALL PROSTITUTES NOW

Following CCTV's exposure of Dongguan's underground sex industry, the city's expansive networks of brothels experienced a serious crackdown. Perhaps because of the association of CCTV with state-led propaganda, many netizens and public intellectuals voiced their support for brothels and prostitutes. “Dongguan, keep strong”,“Dongguan, don't cry”, “God bless Dongguan”, “CCTV is ruthless, but the world has love”, and “Tonight, we are all Dongguaners” soon became viral topics. Some pointed out that this was a double standard. - W.Z.

安澜堂-晒太阳的猫：谈打击拐卖妇女儿童的时候没见他们，谈保护被家暴妇女儿童的时候也没见他们，谈男女同工同酬的时候还是没见他们……结果今天四下里都是保护妇女权益的斗士，真是令人叹为观止。

英式没品笑话百科：那次去东莞按摩，推门进来是个学生妹，不错；后来经常去，有时候是护士，有时候是白领。昨晚推门进来的是一个女警察，我“嗷”地一下扑过去，结果悲剧了。

太阳花评论：东莞能挺住，是公知挺不住了；东莞没哭，是公知哭了；中国妓女地位可说是世界上最高的了。在国外，☒府打击或者媒体曝光卖淫嫖娼新闻时，也没见过有这么多人为娼妓发出如此声嘶力竭的呐喊。我不歧视妓女，但把她们当成巾☒英雄一样来歌颂和弘扬，是不是太过了？指责央视的就更滑稽了，你们不是说要有新闻自由吗？

PORN BAN FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICALS

Civil servants have jobs that Chinese refer to as an “Iron Rice Bowl” and enjoy lifetime benef i ts as state employees. To counter widespread criticisms, the government of Shenyang's Dadong District issued regulations banning civil servants from cheating on their partners, domestic violence, and watching pornography. Violations may affect evaluation of their yearly performance, yet netizens doubt the regulations' effectiveness. The local government claims they came up with these regulations because civil servants should have a higher moral bottomline than ordinary people. - W.Z.

背包客强子：其实公务员搞不搞婚外情看不看黄片，只要不是上班时间，没人过于关注这些。下班后应该属于私生活范畴吧。老百姓关心的是上门办事时把能办的事抓紧办了，不能办的事帮忙想想办法给办了！只要别摆出一副官老爷架子就行。

杨锦麟：公务员不能看黄片，听上去荒唐，执行起来更是难上加难。如此规定，只是在消解☒策严肃性，透支☒府公信力。与其监管公务员八小时以外的下半身问题，还不如管好八小时以内的公务员怎样更好地为人民☒务吧！

Actually, no one cares if civil servants have extra-marital affairs or watch porn, as long as it's not during office hours. After work, it is their private life. What people care about is that they get things done as soon as possible, and help to solve the difficult problems! Just don't start out with these official state edicts.

Civil servants cannot watch porn; not only does it sound absurd, but carrying it out will be more than difficult. Such regulations reduce the seriousness of governmental policy and undermines the government's credibility. Instead of monitoring civil servants' lower bodies when off work, it's better to manage them to better serve the people within the eight hours!

When discussing human trafficking, they were nowhere to be seen; when discussing protecting women and children from domestic abuse, they were nowhere to be seen; when discussing equal pay, they were nowhere to be seen…and now fighters for women's rights are everywhere. It really is astonishing.

Went to Dongguan for a massage. A schoolgirl opened the door, and it was pretty good. Then visits became frequent, sometimes a nurse came in, sometimes an office lady. Last night, a policewoman entered. I flew at her, and it was a tragedy.

Dongguan can hold strong, public intellectuals cannot; Dongguan is not crying, public intellectuals are. Prostitutes in China probably have the highest status in the world. Abroad, when governments crack down or media expose prostitution, [we've] never seen so many people objecting hysterically in favor of prostitutes. I don't discriminate against prostitutes, but praising them like Joan of Arc, isn't that too much? Those who criticize CCTV are even more ridiculous; didn't you say you want freedom of press?