CCP bans voodoo dolls

Curse of the Bureaucrats

Voodoo dolls are all the rage in China-especially now that the
government has banned them.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12958900/site/newsweek/

Not content with jailing subversive reporters and restricting access to
prodemocracy Web sites, the Chinese government has turned its
attentions to a new destabilizing influence: voodoo dolls. Central
government authorities are so bothered by the political implications of
the dolls that they banned them entirely from Beijing's retail stores
in April.

The dolls have become increasingly popular among the Middle Kingdom's
misanthropes and trend-conscious teens. Customers purchase a doll (pin
included), attach a piece of paper bearing the name of their enemy to
the doll and then stab away. Voodoo Dolls Online offers a wide range of
dolls in assorted colors. "Do you want to make your enemy feel as if
someone is always stalking him behind his back?" reads the caption next
to a doll clad in black. " 'The Magic Shadow Killer' will thoroughly
destroy his spirit." Another popular item is the "Little Angel," which
purportedly brings good luck and helps its owner find true love.

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