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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 (祝偉婧)

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.

今晚網：重慶一對情侶相戀兩年，女方因為喜歡看韓劇《來自星星的你》，凌晨打電話要男友買炸雞和啤酒。男方因為上班太累、距離太遠拒絕。女方覺得對方不夠浪?，連這些簡單的小事都滿足不了，于是在情人節提出分手要求。真是入戲太深啊！

daisy322美好生活：十幾年不追星了，原來是我沒遇見他。泥足深陷的腦殘粉是我！幸虧相逢已嫁時，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.

安瀾堂-曬太陽的貓：談打擊拐賣婦女兒童的時候沒見他們，談保護被家暴婦女兒童的時候也沒見他們，談男女同工同酬的時候還是沒見他們……結果今天四下里都是保護婦女權益的斗士，真是令人嘆為觀止。

英式沒品笑話百科：那次去東莞按摩，推門進來是個學生妹，不錯；后來經常去，有時候是護士，有時候是白領。昨晚推門進來的是一個女警察，我“嗷”地一下撲過去，結果悲劇了。

太陽花評論：東莞能挺住，是公知挺不住了；東莞沒哭，是公知哭了；中國妓女地位可說是世界上最高的了。在國外，?府打擊或者媒體曝光賣淫嫖娼新聞時，也沒見過有這么多人為娼妓發出如此聲嘶力竭的吶喊。我不歧視妓女，但把她們當成巾?英雄一樣來歌頌和弘揚，是不是太過了？指責央視的就更滑稽了，你們不是說要有新聞自由嗎？

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.

背包客強子：其實公務員搞不搞婚外情看不看黃片，只要不是上班時間，沒人過于關注這些。下班后應該屬于私生活范疇吧。老百姓關心的是上門辦事時把能辦的事抓緊辦了，不能辦的事幫忙想想辦法給辦了！只要別擺出一副官老爺架子就行。

楊錦麟：公務員不能看黃片，聽上去荒唐，執行起來更是難上加難。如此規定，只是在消解?策嚴肅性，透支?府公信力。與其監管公務員八小時以外的下半身問題，還不如管好八小時以內的公務員怎樣更好地為人民?務吧！

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?