Confucius lottery tickets draw ire
By Yan Jie | China Daily | Updated: 2010-02-03 07:47
A salesman at a welfare lottery outlet in Liaocheng, Shandong province, holds lottery tickets that use the image and sermons of Confucius. Kong Zheng |
Confucius, the ancient Chinese philosopher who prodded his fellow countrymen to seek their fortunes in a decent manner, would now find his portraits and sermons printed on lottery tickets, the only form of gambling allowed by the government.
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