China's black pop idol does NOT expose her nation's racism ...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ewkusovtto[/youtube] Thanks to the recycling power of the internet, some news stories have a curious longevity these days. ... Yesterday afternoon we met for dim sum in a shiny shopping mall in Shanghai's Xujiahui district. The first thing to say is that she is very pretty, something which obviously helped to keep her story alive in the media as a succession of editors saw an opportunity to use an eye-catching picture. ...