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Wednesday, March 02, 2005

TOUGH JOB MARKET

"Ma Ho won an appointment as a servant to the fourth son of the Chinese emperor, Prince Zhu Di. Tens of thousands of eunuchs held such positions,which became so coveted that the Chinese eventually prohibited self-castration to discourage the overwhelming number of office seekers.

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