Heartbreaking story out of rural China via the LA Times: poor farmers defrauded in a pyramid scam involving–would you believe it–ants. Somewhere, a grasshopper is smiling a little too smugly.
The story illustrates the get-rich-now mentality here, the constant search for a new angle by those struggling to make a go of it with the [...]
When the grasshopper plays and it’s the ant who suffers
January 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Chinese politics
