In 2012, news of a Qingdao house fire went viral. The report, which was originally posted on news and lifestyle website Qingdao Shenghuo, was reposted over a thousand times.
The homeowner, a waste picker with long hair and amateurish heavy makeup, went on television and became the center of controversy. She was Liu Peilin, a 63-year-old transgender woman who had been raised by a foster family.
Terror in Paris — what’s your take?
The city of lights, and a darkened Tour d’Eiffel. In the streets, the sound of ambulances and crying. Candles, flowers, and hand-lettered signs that say, “we weep, but we do not fear.”
The world is following the terror attacks that took place in Paris on 11/13:
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