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Cover your ears: audio drugs are attacking!Posted by Eric Mu on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 4:22 PM
 Today Morning Express March 10, 2009 "Audio drugs attack in silence," reads the top headline of Today Morning Express, a Zhejiang-based newspaper. According to the article, the "audio drugs" concept originated on I-Doser.com, an overseas website, which sells them for three US dollars and upwards per track. The sounds, which are named after the psychoactive chemicals whose effects they purportedly mimic, are now circulating on the Chinese Internet after causing widespread concern in Korea. The paper's reporter rounded up some online comments about the sounds before trying them herself. She says she felt a little dazed after listening for a moment, but "certainly not high." The article also includes comments from psychologist who argues against the supposed medical effects of the sounds, and a music expert who remarked:
It is interesting to see a Chinese newspaper take advantage of a marketing ploy for odd sounds by working up its own sensational headline. The top headlines of two major Beijing newspapers, the Beijing Times and The Beijing News, highlighted NPC Standing Committee chair Wu Bangguo's speech to the legislative session yesterday. In his speech, Wu reiterated that China would never consider adopting a western multi-party political system (多党制), bicameral legislature (两院制), or separation of powers (三权分立). Shanghai's Oriental Morning Post also ran a politically-heavy front page today. Illustrated by an image showing President Hu Jintao shaking hands with a woman in Tibetan dress, the top headline reads: "Hu Jintao: Ensure the stability of Tibet." The article denied that the government has been restricting tourist travel into Tibet, and quoted the commissar of the People's Armed Police in the region as saying that the PAP is ready to deal with any situation. Links and Sources
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Comments on Cover your ears: audio drugs are attacking!
"In his speech, Wu reiterated that China would never consider adopting a western multi-party political system , bicameral legislature, or checks and balances"
It is not china, it is you, CCP who would never consider adopting a multi-party political system.it is you who never consider giving chinese pe€ople basic respect and human rights and it is you who conceive of millions of migrant workers as slaves.
"In his speech, Wu reiterated that China would never consider adopting a western multi-party political system , bicameral legislature, or checks and balances"
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This is nothing new, they have been repeating the shit since the 70s, this year it's just louder and firmer to (hopefully) warn troublemakers against taking advantage of the current social mess.
Wu also said (quote)"without CCP's lead, China will fall apart and nothing will ever get done", coupled with the first part, this entire phrase is probably the strongest message ever sent out from within the central leadership.
Therefore I suggest everyone keeps quiet in this year, especially near or during the "anniversary".
Doing 三权分立 as "checks and balances" is a bit misleading - it's more accurately the "tripartite separation of powers." Would imagine the PRC could argue it has checks and balances in place, just not anything like Montesquieu advocated.
Thanks, Jim. I've edited it.
Those wishing to experiment can download an "audio drug" here.
Supposedly works by using binaural beats to "entrain" your brain waves to a certain frequency . This is apparently called "frequency following response".