The Paper appeared to be testing that proposition with a daring expose about health problems at a mercury mine in the poor mountainous Guizhou province. Another looked at excessive spending on a construction project in poverty-stricken Laifeng county in central Hubei province.

a waitress in a cocktail bar.

The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.

I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!