Sunday Levity: Vertical parity, The quest for

How China put a humble piece of furniture to creative, military use.

This is an archived blog post from The Acorn.

A visible turban, an invisible stool. Picture: The Calcutta Telegraph

Tall Indian policemen look taller still in their ceremonial uniforms. So what’s the People’s Liberation Army to do to maintain parity? Use a stool, of course (an perhaps ensure full-length photographs are prohibited). (Via Coming Anarchy quoting a Calcutta Telegraph report of the opening of the border crossing at Nathu La)

If you would like to share or comment on this, please discuss it on my GitHub Previous
Kenyan coincidence (3) Next
Call for Nominations - The Indian National Interest blogroll