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[quote=GUESTLOVECHINA,290047]Have you ever heard of the phrase "Iron Rooster"(铁公鸡）? It is a Chinese slang that refers to a stingy person. Now, the phrase becomes very hot at Chinese websites and blogs.

An Australian news agency reported on the "International Iron Roosters".

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The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23729926-12335,00.html 
Foreign firms in China 'stint on quake aid'

By Rujun Shen in Beijing | May 20, 2008

AFTER making heaps of money in China's vast market, heartless foreign corporations have failed to pay a cent towards earthquake relief – or so claimed text messages buzzing between Chinese mobile phones today.

The only snag is that every company named in the texts, from McDonald's to Louis Vuitton, has contributed cash, food or rescue equipment, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in China and the firms themselves.

"These 'international iron roosters' have struck it rich in China but not made donations," said one text message, using a Chinese phrase for a stingy person.

"If you are a Chinese person with a keen sense of justice, please boycott their products and food," read another text message, listing the same companies.

But the calls to action were not just xenophobic.[/quote]

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