Dodgy expat
The Mutant Palm blog has posted a travel diary about Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia and Chinese people in those places.
He starts the post off by noting a Chinese connection on the website of recently arrested suspected war criminal Radovan Karadzic who had assumed the identity of 'Dr Dragan Dabic', an alternative medicine quack.
Dr Dragan Dabic's website is still online. In addition to noting that Dr Dragan Dabic "settled in China where he specialized in alternative medicine, with a special emphasis on the mind-body control, meditation, Yoga, spiritual cleansing, as well as Chinese herbs", the website lists the dodgy doctor's ten favorite "Chinese proverbs" in English.
They are:
* Behind every able man, there are always other able men.
* Teacher opens the door, but you must enter by yourself.
* A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
* He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.
* If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.
* A flawed diamond is better than a common stone that is perfect.
* Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
* If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, teach people.
* You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
* He who turns in his own, shall dig two graves.
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Aug 03 2008, 09:36 PM
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