Hong Kong Subway + Cupping + Jack Ma

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(1) Adam Minter, Tension Boils Over Spilled Noodles in China. Bloomberg, Jan 25, 2012 (blog; video).
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/20 ... na-adam-minter.html
("Sometime last week, a mainland child, yet to be named, was traveling with her mother, also yet to be named, on a Hong Kong subway train. The child was eating dry noodles in the train car and spilled a few on the floor. Eating is prohibited in Hong Kong’s subway cars, and several Hong Kong locals, harboring a serious passion for subway protocol, scolded the little girl and her mother")

(2) Debra Bruno, Traditional Chinese medicine technique uses heated glass cups to heal ills. Washington Post, Jan 23, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/na ... QAu0ohLQ_story.html
("In the United States, there is no requirement for licensing of cupping therapists, and cupping products are available on Amazon.com")

(3) David Barboza, A Loophole Poses Risks to Investors in Chinese Companies; A back door for investment in restricted industry is scrutinized. New York Times. Jan 24, 2012
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012 ... es/?scp=1&sq=ma yahoo&st=cse
("Worries about United States-listed Chinese companies using this regulatory loophole are often confused with efforts by much smaller Chinese companies to list in the United States through so-called backdoor listings, or by acquiring the shell of an American company and merging Chinese assets into it. Companies using that method came under attack last year because of accounting scandals. There is no relationship between the two")

My comment: I do not really understand what "back door" is about that involved Mr Jack Ma.