China bans toddler palm-reading assessments

whew, had me concerned with that shortened title. I was thinking how the heck do you read palms with that?

"although China's leaders have discouraged and punished devotees of the practice which they brand superstition."
What bull. You could go to some of the biggest tourist areas of China, fully financed and supported by the government, that have palm readers and fortune tellers all over the place. The government couldn't care less about such old traditions, and I wouldn't be surprised if government officials didn't regularly get their fortunes told. But it's nice to see that they're at least starting to crack down on potentially fraudulent practices.

When I was a child I went to a Chinese palm reader. She looked at my hand and said: You have been masturbating.
I said: Hey you are good. Can you tell me anything about my future?
She looked at my face and said: You will be masturbating for many years.

"When comments were sought from the School the administrators told reporters to 'Talk to the hand.'"

I was going to laugh until I realized that people in this country think a virgin gave birth to the son of God and that prayers heal sick people.

With the title cut off in the menu, it said "China bans toddler palm reading #$%$

"According to this reading, you have palm of a very small Chinese child, say may be 4 or 5 years old. That's all I can tell. That'll be 1200 RMB.please."

Well....this is pretty new news....

Like America has anything to snicker at. Remember the infamous Miss Cleo? Open to the back of any number of magazines and there are 30 or more psychic hotlines to call.

If the kindergarten is private, and the parents want to waste their money, let them. If the kindergarten is publicly funded, this is a move in the right direction - welcome to the 20th century. (Problem is, this is the 21st.).

China the superstitious nutcase of the world! Not even decades of communism could get rid of it.... Hey China, don't you know that it's bad luck to be superstitious?