Vietnamese get used to living in 'tiger cages'

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REUTERS , Hanoi
Wednesday, Jun 02, 2004,Page 16


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Tigers face extinction in the forests of Indochina, but it's easy to find a trace of the big cats in Vietnam's capital, although not in traditional herbal medicine stores.

In fast-expanding communist Vietnam, the "tiger cage" has been helping thousands of residents battle shrinking living spaces.

For decades, ingenious dwellers in cramped apartments have built frames of steel bars, dubbed tiger cages, to transform balconies or common corridors into spaces where they can cook, sleep, dry clothes, raise pigs or do a spot of gardening.

Historically, tiger cages have had a notorious connotation, as slang referring to French prison cells built by Vietnam's former colonial master in the early 1860s to house nationalist insurgents.

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Where would Vietnam's great culture be now if America didn't kill 2 Million Vietnamese?

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1. Uhhhhhh...... A Lot More crowded? (eom)