Lots of fun things to recognize here: <a href="http://aolnetscape.workopolis.com/servlet/Content/fasttrack/20041023/CHINATEN23?section=Technology" title="From the Globe and Mail">10 things the Chinese do far better than [the Canadians] do</a>  (article <a href="http://msittig.freeshell.org/articles/Globe_10ThingsChinese.html" title="the Globe and Mail: From cells to bells, 10 things the Chinese do far better than we do">archived</a>).  I actually encountered the anti-theft slip-covers yesterday at my birthday dinner, but didn't recognize them for what they were until I read this article.