Lin Hao’s Short Walk To Infamy
DID you 9-year-old earthquake survivor Lin Hao (short) walking in the Bird’s Nest paprade with Yao Ming (not short).
Lin Hao escaped from his collapsed school building. In is arms he carried an unconscious classmate. He then went back and rescued another child out with him.
The lad can do no wrong. Only, look at his flag.
An upside down flag is a signal of distress. Xinhua, the Chinese news agency sent out an alert: “This photograph has been withdrawn. Please do not use.”
You can see it on the, er, Xinhua website.
To the plastic mines with the young rebel…
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