SCALES OF INJUSTIC

摘要

In November, customs agents at Hong Kong InternationalAirport spotted something unusual as they X-rayed the baggage of a Chinese man who'd just arrived from Ethiopia. They told the passenger, 44-year-old Lin Jin-Bao, he'd have to open his suitcases before being allowed to board a ferry to his next destination, Macau. Inside, the agents found 24 tightly packed aluminum foil pouches. Each was filled with hundreds of mottled, brownish-red flakes-some shaped like jagged circles, others resembling tiny spades.