Fact or Fiction: Edition I – General

www.lostlaowai.com — A new feature on Lost Laowai, Fact or Fiction pairs LLW blogger Glen up with a guest (in this post, yours truly) to label and discuss a number of topics either being "fact" or "fiction". See if you agree with either of us as we touch on the GFW/Twitter, Obama's visit, the 60th anniversary and a few more topics.

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Glussell 2 years 8 weeks ago

I wholeheartedly disagree with everything that Ryan said in this post. What a jerk-faced jerk :)

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